[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2355 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2355

  To make available hazardous duty incentive pay to uniformed service 
                members performing firefighting duties.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2004

  Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To make available hazardous duty incentive pay to uniformed service 
                members performing firefighting duties.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Pay for Military Firefighters 
Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF HAZARDOUS DUTY INCENTIVE PAY FOR MILITARY 
              FIREFIGHTERS.

    (a) Additional Type of Duty Eligible for Pay.--Subsection (a) of 
section 301 of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (12), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (14); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(13) involving regular participation as a firefighting 
        crew member, as determined by the Secretary concerned; or''.
    (b) Monthly Amount of Pay.--Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(12)'' and inserting 
        ``(13)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``(13)'' and inserting 
        ``(14)''.
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