[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7900]
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  SA 4387. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in title XI, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. TREATMENT OF HOURS WORKED UNDER A QUALIFIED TRADE-
                   OF-TIME ARRANGEMENT.

       Section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(h)(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 subsection--
       ``(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 the performance of 
     work in the same capacity; and
       ``(B) the term `firefighter' means a firefighter as defined 
     by section 8331(21) or 8401(14).''.
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