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This bill aims to improve the pay, benefits, and working conditions for federal firefighters by making several key changes to existing law. The bill seeks to enhance pay equality between federal firefighters and other public sector firefighters, improve recruitment and retention of high-quality federal firefighters, and more accurately compute their retirement benefits. Specifically, it changes how overtime hours are calculated in pay and retirement computations by replacing a reference number (2756) with 2087, and mandates that retirement benefit calculations include half of the basic hourly rate for overtime hours that are part of a firefighter's regular duty. The bill also requires the Office of Personnel Management to establish regulations defining a maximum workweek for federal firefighters, which cannot exceed an average of 60 hours per week. These amendments will apply to any annuity (retirement benefit) for firefighters who separate from service more than 60 days after the bill's enactment, with the goal of providing more fair compensation and recognition of the demanding nature of firefighting work in the federal service.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2473/all-info