Sec. 101. Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Pay Parity
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act— the minimum rate of basic pay for any Federal wildland firefighter position shall be not less than the rate of pay for step 3 of GS–6 of the General Schedule; and any such position shall receive locality pay under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, at the rate of Rest of U.S. . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in the first pay period beginning on or after the date that the minimum rates of pay under paragraph
(1)begin to apply, and annually thereafter, the basic rate of pay for each Federal wildland firefighter shall be increased by not less than the percentage equal to the percent change in the Consumer Price Index (all items—United States city average), published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for December of the preceding year over such Consumer Price Index for the December of the year prior to the preceding year, adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent. Not later than 1 year after the date the minimum rates of pay under paragraph
(1)begin to apply, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to Congress on whether pay, benefits, and bonuses provided to Federal wildland firefighters are comparable to the pay, benefits, and bonuses provided for non-Federal firefighters in the State or locality where Federal wildland firefighters are based. Each Federal wildland firefighter who is carrying out work completed during prescribed fire, parachuting, tree climbing over 20 feet, hazard tree removal, and other hazardous work as identified by the Secretary of Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be considered an employee in an occupational series covering positions for which the primary duties involve the prevention, control, suppression, or management of wildland fires under section 5545(d) of title 5, United States Code. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations to carry out this paragraph. Each Federal wildland firefighter shall be entitled to 7 consecutive days of leave, without loss or reduction in pay, during any calendar year. Leave provided under this paragraph shall not— accumulate for use in succeeding years; and be considered to be annual or vacation leave for purposes of section 5551 or 5552 of title 5, United States Code, or for any other purpose. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, any pay, benefits, and bonuses provided to any Federal structural firefighter shall be comparable with the pay, benefits, and bonuses provided for Federal wildland firefighters. Not later than 1 year after the date the minimum rates of pay under subsection (a)(1) begin to apply, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall submit a report to Congress on whether pay for such Federal structural firefighters is competitive with Federal wildland firefighters In this section— the term Federal structural firefighter — has the meaning given the term firefighter in section 8401 of chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code; and does not include any Federal wildland firefighter; and the term Federal wildland firefighter means any individual occupying a position within the Wildland Fire Management Series, 0456 established by the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to section 40803(d) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( Public Law 117–58 ), or any subsequent series.
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Sec. 101
Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Pay Parity
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