[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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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. <all>