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I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6549 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 17, 2008 Mr. Sarbanes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay.

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Treatment of hours worked under a trade-of-time arrangements

Section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) (1)Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded for purposes of any determination relating to eligibility for or the amount of any overtime pay under this section. (2)For purposes of this section— (A)the term qualified trade-of-time arrangement means an arrangement under which 2 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 performance of work in the same capacity; and (B)the term firefighter has the meaning given such term by sections 8331(21) and 8401(14), respectively..