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[S. 439 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.439

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
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.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.