Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act

Bill: 117-s-838
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-03-18
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Fires

First responders and emergency personnel

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act</strong></p> <p> This bill provides that any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded&nbsp;for purposes of determining eligibility for, or the amount of, any overtime pay. The bill defines <i>qualified trade-of-time arrangement</i> as an arrangement under which two firefighters who are employed by the same agency agree, solely at their option and with the approval of their employing agency, to substitute for one another during scheduled work hours in the performance of work in the same capacity.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 838 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 18, 2021 Mr. Van Hollen (for himself, Mr. Tester , Ms. Collins , and Mr. Carper ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act . 2. Treatment of hours worked under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement Section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded for purposes of any determination relating to eligibility for, or the amount of, any overtime pay under this section. (2) For purposes of this subsection— (A) the term qualified trade-of-time arrangement means an arrangement under which 2 firefighters who are employed by the same agency agree, solely at their option and with the approval of their employing agency, to substitute for one another during scheduled work hours in the performance of work in the same capacity; and (B) the term firefighter means a firefighter as defined by section 8331(21) or 8401(14). .