[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 150 (Thursday, December 7, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S11741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  NATIONAL FOREST AND PUBLIC LANDS OF NEVADA ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 1988 
   AMENDMENTS AND BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT OF THE TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST

  Mr. HAGEL. Mr. President, I ask that the Chair lay before the Senate 
a message from the House of Representatives on the bill (S. 439).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the House of Representatives:

       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.''.

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