108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2355
To make available hazardous duty incentive pay to uniformed service
members performing firefighting duties.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 28, 2004
Mr. JOHNSON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To make available hazardous duty incentive pay to uniformed service
members performing firefighting duties.
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 `Fair Pay for Military Firefighters Act of 2004'.
SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF HAZARDOUS DUTY INCENTIVE PAY FOR MILITARY FIREFIGHTERS.
(a) ADDITIONAL TYPE OF DUTY ELIGIBLE FOR PAY- Subsection (a) of section 301
of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (12), by striking `or' at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (14); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following new paragraph:
`(13) involving regular participation as a firefighting crew member, as
determined by the Secretary concerned; or'.
(b) MONTHLY AMOUNT OF PAY- Subsection (c) of such section is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking `(12)' and inserting `(13)'; and
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking `(13)' and inserting `(14)'.
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