S. 3365: A bill to amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay.

S. 3365: A bill to amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay.

111th Congress · introduced 2010-05-13 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-05-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

A bill to amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay.

Plain summary

Requires disregard of any hours worked by a federal firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement for purposes of any determination relating to eligibility for or the amount of any overtime pay.

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Official text

A bill to amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] · 0 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s3365.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>

Record fed-us-cong111-s3365 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111