US Congress House Bill 4707 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Introduced on October 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-10-16 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Pending: House Oversight and Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides that any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for, or the amount of, any overtime pay. The bill defines "qualified trade-of-time arrangement" as an arrangement under which two 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.

Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act

Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
2019-10-16	House	Introduced in House

SB4695 (Same As) 2020-09-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4707/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4707/BILLS-116hr4707ih.pdf