[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 439 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                      October 23, 2000.

    Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 439) entitled ``An Act to amend 
the National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988 to adjust 
the boundary of the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada'', do pass with the 
following

                              AMENDMENTS:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. ADJUSTMENT OF BOUNDARY OF THE TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST, 
              NEVADA.

    Section 4(a) of the National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada 
Enhancement Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 2750) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Effective'' and inserting ``(1) 
        Effective''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Effective on the date of enactment of this paragraph, the 
portion of the land transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture under 
paragraph (1) situated between the lines marked `Old Forest Boundary' 
and `Revised National Forest Boundary' on the map entitled `Nevada 
Interchange ``A'', Change 1', and dated September 16, 1998, is 
transferred to the Secretary of the Interior.''.

SEC. 2. OVERTIME PAY FOR CERTAIN FIREFIGHTERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5542(a) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), for an 
        employee of the Department of the Interior or the United States 
        Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture engaged in 
        emergency wildland fire suppression activities, the overtime 
        hourly rate of pay is an amount equal to one and one-half times 
        the hourly rate of basic pay of the employee, and all that 
        amount is premium pay.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on 
or after the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and shall apply only to funds appropriated after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

            Amend the title so as to read ``An Act to amend the 
        National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 
        1988 to adjust the boundary of the Toiyabe National Forest, 
        Nevada, and to amend chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, 
        to authorize equal overtime pay provisions for all Federal 
        employees engaged in wildland fire suppression operations.''.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.
106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 439

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                               AMENDMENTS