Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act

Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act - Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in the administration of federal law governing the classification of certain positions in the federal government, to ensure that the official title assigned to any class or other category of positions that consists primarily or exclusively of forest technician positions, range technician positions, or any other category of positions the duties and responsibilities of which include significant wildland fire suppression activities shall include the designation of "Wildland Firefighter" or words to that effect.

Entitles an employee in an occupational series covering positions for which the primary duties are wildland firefighting, as determined by OPM, to the hazardous duty pay differential.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5697 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5697

To provide for the appropriate designation of certain Federal positions 
           involved in wildland fire suppression activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2006

 Mr. Pombo (for himself and Mr. Porter) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the appropriate designation of certain Federal positions 
           involved in wildland fire suppression activities.

    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 ``Federal Wildland Firefighter 
Classification Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--In the administration of chapter 51 of title 5, 
United States Code, the Office of Personnel Management shall ensure 
that the official title assigned under such chapter to any class or 
other category of positions described in subsection (b) shall include 
the designation of ``Wildland Firefighter'' or words to that effect.
    (b) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
class or other category of positions that consists primarily or 
exclusively of forest technician positions, range technician positions, 
or any other category of positions the duties and responsibilities of 
which may include significant wildland fire suppression activities (as 
determined by the Office).

SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act shall be considered to require any change in 
the pay, benefits, or other terms or conditions of employment that 
apply with respect to any category of employees or positions.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the terms ``class'', ``employee'', and ``position'' 
        shall have the meanings set forth in section 5102 of title 5, 
        United States Code; and
            (2) the terms ``forest technician position'' and ``range 
        technician position'' shall have the meanings specified by the 
        Office of Personnel Management.
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