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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wildland Firefighters Health 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``wildland firefighter'' means an employee of 
        a Federal land management agency, the duties of whose position 
        are primarily to perform work directly related to the 
        prevention, control, suppression, and management of wildfires, 
        including--
                    (A) an employee of a Federal land management agency 
                who is assigned to support wildland fire suppression 
                activities; and
                    (B) an employee who is transferred to a supervisory 
                or administrative position from a position of wildland 
                firefighter (as defined by the preceding provisions of 
                this paragraph);
            (2) the term ``Federal land management agency'' means--
                    (A) within the Department of the Interior, the 
                Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian 
                Affairs, the National Park Service, and the Fish and 
                Wildlife Service; and
                    (B) within the Department of Agriculture, the 
                Forest Service; and
            (3) the term ``employee'' has the meaning given such term 
        by section 2105 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. CLASSIFICATION OF WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS.

    (a) Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Within 30 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Office of Personnel Management, in 
        cooperation with the Federal land management agencies, shall 
        commence development of a separate and distinct wildland 
        firefighter occupational series that will more accurately 
        reflect the variety of duties performed by wildland 
        firefighters.
            (2) Designation.--The official title assigned to any 
        occupational series established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
        include the designation of ``Wildland Firefighter''.
            (3) Positions described.--Paragraph (1) applies with 
        respect to any class or other category of positions that 
        consists primarily or exclusively of forestry technician 
        positions, range technician positions, or any other positions 
        the duties and responsibilities of which include--
                    (A) significant wildfire preparedness and 
                suppression activities; or
                    (B) activities necessary to meet any other 
                emergency incident to which assigned.
            (4) Consultation.--Congress encourages the Office of 
        Personnel Management to consult with recognized employee 
        organizations, employee associations, and any other groups that 
        represent Federal wildland firefighters in carrying out this 
        subsection.
    (b) Hazardous Duty Differential Not Affected.--Section 5545(d)(1) 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking all after 
``except'' and inserting an em dash and the following:
                    ``(A) an employee in an occupational series 
                covering positions for which the primary duties are 
                wildland firefighting, as determined by the Office; and
                    ``(B) in such other circumstances as the Office may 
                by regulation prescribe; and''.
    (c) Employees Currently in 401 Series.--Any individual who, as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act, holds a position of wildland 
firefighter shall have the option of either remaining in the 401 series 
(as in effect on such date under chapter 51 of title 5, United States 
Code) or being included in the new wildland firefighter series, as 
established pursuant to subsection (a).

SEC. 4. PAY AND BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--In the case of a wildland firefighter, for full-
time, part-time, and intermittent tours of duty, hours of work 
officially ordered or approved in excess of 40 hours per week or 8 
hours per day shall be considered overtime work, inclusive of all time 
the firefighter is away from their official duty station assigned to an 
emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre-
positioned for emergency response, and shall be compensable as work 
time in accordance with section 5542(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
as amended by subsection (b)(1).
    (b) Requirements.--
            (1) Amendment to title 5.--Section 5542(a) of title 5, 
        United States Code, is amended by adding at the end (as a flush 
        left sentence) the following:
``Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), for a wildland firefighter 
assigned to an emergency incident, assigned in support of an emergency 
incident, or pre-positioned for emergency response, the overtime hourly 
rate of pay is an amount equal to one and one-half times the hourly 
rate of the basic pay of the employee, and that entire amount is 
premium pay.''.
            (2) Fair labor standards act of 1938.--For the purpose of 
        applying the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
        (29 U.S.C. 201, et seq.) with respect to wildland firefighters, 
        no violation referred to in such provisions shall be considered 
        to have occurred if the requirements described in paragraph (1) 
        are met.
    (c) Portal-to-Portal Compensation Pilot Program.--
            (1) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        $25,000,000 to initiate a portal-to-portal pilot program under 
        this subsection, commencing with the 2013 wildfire season. Any 
        sums required in addition to amounts appropriated pursuant to 
        the preceding sentence may be secured from the existing 
        wildfire suppression budget for the fiscal year in which the 
        season occurs.
            (2) Duration.--The pilot program shall be carried out by 
        the Department of the Interior and the Department of 
        Agriculture for a period not to exceed 3 calendar years 
        beginning as of the start of the 2013 wildfire season.
            (3) Report.--No later than 90 days after the completion of 
        the pilot program, the Secretary of the Interior and the 
        Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a joint 
        report on the effectiveness of the pilot program. Such report 
        shall address the effect of the program with respect to--
                    (A) recruitment and retention of wildland 
                firefighters; and
                    (B) any cost savings.
            (4) Additional requirements.--To ensure adequate funding 
        and to realize maximum wildfire suppression savings, the 
        Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
        shall take appropriate measures to ensure that total funding 
        for non-Federal fire suppression personnel and other resources, 
        by their respective Departments--
                    (A) for the first year of the pilot program, do not 
                exceed 90 percent of their combined non-Federal fire 
                suppression costs for the 2011 and 2012 wildfire 
                seasons;
                    (B) for the second year of the pilot program, do 
                not exceed 75 percent of their combined non-Federal 
                fire suppression costs for the 2011 and 2012 wildfire 
                seasons; and
                    (C) for the third year of the pilot program, do not 
                exceed 65 percent of their combined non-Federal fire 
                suppression costs for the 2011 and 2012 wildfire 
                seasons.
    (d) Hazardous Duty Differential To Be Treated as Part of a Wildland 
Firefighter's Base Pay for Retirement Purposes.--
            (1) In general.--Section 8331(3) of title 5, United States 
        Code is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (H), by inserting ``and'' at 
                the end; and
                    (C) by adding after subparagraph (H) the following:
                    ``(I) with respect to a wildland firefighter (as 
                defined by section 2 of the Wildland Firefighters 
                Health Protection Act), any pay differential received 
                under section 5545(d);''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Such section 8331(3) is further 
        amended, in the matter following subparagraph (I) (as added by 
        paragraph (1)(C)), by striking ``subparagraphs (B) through (H) 
        of this paragraph'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) through 
        (I),''.
    (e) Hazardous Duty Differential.--
            (1) In general.--In the administration of section 5545(d) 
        of title 5, United States Code, the Office of Personnel 
        Management shall take such measures as may be necessary to 
        ensure that, under the schedule or schedules of pay 
        differentials for duty involving unusual physical hardship or 
        hazard, a pay differential of 25 percent shall be payable to an 
        individual while serving as a member of a wildland firefighting 
        crew.
            (2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the term 
        ``wildland firefighting crew'' includes ground (hand crew, 
        hotshot, engine, and other fire apparatus personnel) and 
        airborne (smoke jumper or helitack) firefighting personnel on 
        the fire line of any wildfire or prescribed fuel treatment burn 
        or fire, as further defined in regulations of the Office of 
        Personnel Management.
    (f) Benefits for Seasonal Wildland Firefighters.--
            (1) Provisions relating to life insurance.--Section 8716(b) 
        of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) a wildland firefighter within the meaning of section 
        2 of the Wildland Firefighters Health Protection Act.''.
            (2) Provisions relating to health benefits.--Section 
        8913(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) a wildland firefighter within the meaning of section 
        2 of the Wildland Firefighters Health Protection Act.''.
    (g) Buy Back of Civilian Time After 1989.--
            (1) In general.--Any individual who is subject to the 
        Federal Employees' Retirement System as a firefighter (within 
        the meaning of section 8401 of title 5, United States Code) on 
        the date of the enactment of this Act shall be entitled to have 
        any qualifying firefighter service treated as creditable 
        service under section 8411 of such title.
            (2) Qualifying firefighter service.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term ``qualifying firefighter service'' means, 
        in connection with an individual, any service--
                    (A) which was performed by such individual, as a 
                wildland firefighter, after 1989 and before the date of 
                the enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) for which such individual was not allowed to 
                receive retirement credit by reason of section 8347(g) 
                or 8402(c) of such title 5.
            (3) Deposit requirement.--Credit for a period of service 
        may not be given under this subsection unless the individual 
        involved makes a deposit, in such manner as the Office of 
        Personnel Management may by regulation require, equal to the 
        employee contributions that would have been required (in the 
        case of a firefighter) for such period under section 8334(c) or 
        8422(a) of such title 5, with interest.
            (4) Certification.--The Office of Personnel Management 
        shall accept the certification of the Secretary of the Interior 
        or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, concerning 
        whether an individual performed qualifying firefighter service 
        and the length of the period of such service the individual 
        performed.

A: Wildland Firefighters Health Protection Act - Defines "wildland firefighter" as an employee of a federal land management agency who performs work directly related to the prevention, control, suppression, and management of wildfires, including an employee who is assigned to support wildland fire suppression activities and an employee who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position.

Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in cooperation with such agencies, to commence development of a separate wildland firefighter occupational series that will more accurately reflect the variety of duties performed.

Requires a wildland firefighter's hours of work officially ordered or approved in excess of 40 hours per week or 8 hours per day to be considered overtime work. Makes time the firefighter is away from his or her official duty station assigned to an emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre-positioned for emergency response compensable as work time. Includes hazardous duty differentials as basic pay for retirement purposes.

Prohibits OPM from excluding wildland firefighters from federal employees' group life insurance (FEGLI) and from federal health care benefits.
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Q: SECTION 1. SPECIAL DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE AND RECOVERY PERIOD FOR 
              NONCOMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o) Special Allowance for Noncommercial Airplanes.--
            ``(1) Additional allowance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of any qualified 
                noncommercial aircraft to which this subparagraph 
                applies--
                            ``(i) the depreciation deduction provided 
                        by section 167(a) for the taxable year in which 
                        such property is placed in service shall 
                        include an allowance equal to 50 percent of the 
                        adjusted basis of the qualified noncommercial 
                        aircraft property, and
                            ``(ii) the adjusted basis of the qualified 
                        noncommercial aircraft property shall be 
                        reduced by the amount of such deduction before 
                        computing the amount otherwise allowable as a 
                        depreciation deduction under this chapter for 
                        such taxable year and any subsequent taxable 
                        year.
                    ``(B) Application to aircraft purchased in 2010 or 
                2011.--Subparagraph (A) applies to qualified 
                noncommercial aircraft property placed in service after 
                December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2012, which 
                is--
                            ``(i) acquired by the taxpayer after 
                        December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2012, 
                        but only if no written binding contract for the 
                        acquisition was in effect before January 1, 
                        2010, or
                            ``(ii) acquired by the taxpayer pursuant to 
                        a written binding contract which was entered 
                        into after December 31, 2009, and before 
                        January 1, 2012, and
            ``(2) Recovery period.--For purposes of this section--
                    ``(A) In general.--Qualified noncommercial aircraft 
                to which this subparagraph applies shall be treated as 
                3-year property.
                    ``(B) Application to aircraft purchased before 
                2015.--Subparagraph (A) applies to qualified 
                noncommercial aircraft placed in service after the date 
                of the enactment of this subsection and before January 
                1, 2015, which is--
                            ``(i) acquired by the taxpayer after the 
                        date of the enactment of this subsection and 
                        before January 1, 2015, but only if no written 
                        binding contract for the acquisition was in 
                        effect before such date of the enactment, or
                            ``(ii) acquired by the taxpayer pursuant to 
                        a written binding contract which was entered 
                        into after December 31, 2008, and before 
                        January 1, 2015, and
            ``(3) Qualified noncommercial aircraft property.--For 
        purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified 
                noncommercial aircraft property' means any aircraft--
                            ``(i) which is not used in the trade or 
                        business of transporting persons or property,
                            ``(ii) to which this section applies, and
                            ``(iii) the original use of which commences 
                        with the taxpayer after--
                                    ``(I) December 31, 2009, for 
                                purposes of paragraph (1), and
                                    ``(II) the date of the enactment of 
                                this subsection for purposes of 
                                paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Exceptions.--
                            ``(i) Bonus depreciation property under 
                        subsection (k).--The term `qualified 
                        noncommercial aircraft property' shall not 
                        include any property to which subsection (k)(1) 
                        applies.
                            ``(ii) Alternative depreciation property.--
                        The term `qualified noncommercial aircraft 
                        property' shall not include any property to 
                        which the alternative depreciation system under 
                        subsection (g) applies, determined--
                                    ``(I) without regard to paragraph 
                                (7) of subsection (g) (relating to 
                                election to have system apply), and
                                    ``(II) after application of section 
                                280F(b) (relating to listed property 
                                with limited business use).
                            ``(iii) Election out.--If a taxpayer makes 
                        an election under this clause with respect to 
                        any class of property for any taxable year, 
                        this subsection shall not apply to all property 
                        in such class placed in service during such 
                        taxable year.
                    ``(C) Special rule for self-constructed property.--
                In the case of a taxpayer manufacturing, constructing, 
                or producing property for the taxpayer's own use, if 
                the taxpayer begins manufacturing, constructing, or 
                producing the property--
                            ``(i) after December 31, 2009, and before 
                        January 1, 2012, for purposes of paragraph (1), 
                        and
                            ``(ii) after the date of the enactment of 
                        this subsection and before January 1, 2015, for 
                        purposes of paragraph (2),
                the requirements of paragraph (1)(B) or (2)(B) (as the 
                case may be) shall be treated as met.
                    ``(D) Deduction allowed in computing minimum tax.--
                For purposes of determining alternative minimum taxable 
                income under section 55, the deduction under subsection 
                (a) for qualified noncommercial aircraft property shall 
                be determined under this section without regard to any 
                adjustment under section 56.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.

A: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) increased depreciation of qualified noncommercial aircraft property placed in service in 2010 or 2011; and (2) a three-year recovery period for the depreciation of such property placed in service before 2015. Defines "qualified noncommercial aircraft property" as any aircraft that is not used in the trade or business of transporting persons or property and that is first used after 2009. Allows such increased depreciation as an offset against the alternative minimum tax.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Executive Service Taking 
Responsibility for Unilateral Station Transfers Act'' or the ``SES 
TRUST Act''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF BASIC RATE OF PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR 
              EXECUTIVE SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--Section 5383 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following--
    ``(a)(1) With respect to each Senior Executive Service position 
within the applicable agency, the appointing authority shall determine 
from time to time the annual rate of basic pay for each such position, 
consistent with the applicable limitations on rates of pay provided in 
section 5382.
    ``(2) Any individual appointed to a Senior Executive Service 
position shall receive the annual rate of basic pay applicable to such 
position, as determined by the appointing authority under paragraph 
(1).
    ``(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or 
regulation, and except as provided in paragraph (4), any senior 
executive at an agency who transfers or otherwise moves to a Senior 
Executive Service position at any other agency shall receive the annual 
rate of basic pay applicable to such position, as determined by the 
applicable appointing authority under paragraph (1).
    ``(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or 
regulation, and except as provided in paragraph (4), any senior 
executive at an agency who transfers or otherwise moves to any other 
Senior Executive Service position within the agency, such executive 
shall, beginning on the first day of the first pay period beginning 
after the date that the executive first occupies such other position, 
receive the annual rate of pay applicable to such other position.
    ``(5)(A) Not later than 30 days after the date that a senior 
executive is reassigned under section 3395 to any other Senior 
Executive Service position, the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management shall review such reassignment decision to ensure that the 
decision was not based on any impermissible reason.
    ``(B) If the Director determines that the reassignment was based on 
any impermissible reason, and the rate of basic pay applicable to such 
other position (as determined under subsection (a)(1)) is lower than 
the rate provided under the previous position, the senior executive 
shall retain the higher rate of basic pay.
    ``(C) In this paragraph, the term `impermissible reason' includes 
any reason other than performance of the senior executive or interests 
in the efficiency of the Senior Executive Service.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in section 5382, by striking subsection (c);
            (2) in section 5383(c), by inserting ``and the requirements 
        of section 5383(a)'' after ``section 5385'';
            (3) in section 5383(d), by adding at the end after the 
        period the following: ``The preceding sentence shall not apply 
        in the case of any senior executive subject to the requirements 
        of section 5383(a)(3).''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management shall promulgate regulations to carry out the review 
required by section 5383(a)(4) of title 5, United States Code (as added 
by subsection (a)), not later than the date that is one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
    (d) Application.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, 
or regulation, each individual occupying a Senior Executive Service 
position (as that term is defined in section 3132(a)(2) of title 5, 
United States Code) on the date of enactment of this Act shall, 
beginning on the first day of the first pay period beginning after the 
date that the applicable appointing authority makes the determination 
under section 5383(a) of title 5, United States Code (as amended by 
subsection (a)), receive the rate of pay applicable to such position, 
as determined by the appointing authority under such section.

SEC. 3. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON TRANSFERS OF SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Semiannual Reports.--On a semiannual basis, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on covered senior 
executives who transfer from one senior executive position in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to another senior executive position in 
the Department during the period covered by the report.
    (b) Matters Included.--Each report under subsection (a) shall 
include, with respect to each covered senior executive who transfers 
from one senior executive position in the Department to another senior 
executive position in the Department during the period covered by the 
report, the following:
            (1) The name of the covered senior executive.
            (2) A description of the senior executive position from 
        which the covered senior executive transferred, including the 
        annual rate of basic pay received by the covered senior 
        executive in such position.
            (3) A description of the senior executive position to which 
        the covered senior executive transferred, including the annual 
        rate of basic pay received by the covered senior executive in 
        such position.
            (4) A description of the purpose of the transfer.
            (5) Justification for any increase or decrease in the 
        annual rate of basic pay received by the covered senior 
        executive by reason of such transfer.
            (6) Information regarding any relocation expenses and any 
        incentives provided to the covered senior executive as part of 
        such transfer.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``covered senior executive'' means an 
        individual (as such term is defined in section 713(g)(1) of 
        title 38, United States Code).
            (2) The term ``senior executive position'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 713(g)(3) of title 38, United States 
        Code.

A:
Senior Executive Service Taking Responsibility for Unilateral Station Transfers Act or the SES TRUST Act This bill directs the appointing authority for each agency to periodically determine the annual rate of basic pay for each Senior Executive Service (SES) position within such agency. Any senior executive who transfers or otherwise moves to an SES position with the same or any other agency shall receive the rate of pay applicable to that position. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must review any decision to reassign a senior executive to another SES position, within 30 days after such reassignment, to ensure that the decision was not based on an impermissible reason (defined as any reason other than performance of the senior executive or interests in the efficiency of the SES). If OPM determines that the reassignment was based on an impermissible reason, and the rate of basic pay applicable to such other position is lower than the rate provided under the previous position, the senior executive shall retain the higher rate of pay. The bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit, semiannually, a report on covered senior executives who transfer from one SES position to another within the VA, including a justification for any increase or decrease in pay, and information on any incentives or relocation expenses, received by such person.
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