Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 4695
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Sep 24, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Sep 24, 2020
Latest Action
Sep 24, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
4695
Congress
116
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Maryland
Democrat
Delaware
Democrat
Montana
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act

This bill provides that any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for, or the amount of, any overtime pay. The bill defines qualified trade-of-time arrangement 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.

Text (1)
September 24, 2020
Actions (2)
09/24/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
09/24/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:44:42 PM