Pub. L. 100-446, tit. III, sec. 315

Sec. 315. (a) From funds appropriated under this Act such sums as are necessary shall be made available to pay forest or wildland firefighters premium pay under the provision of subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code (notwithstanding the limitations of section 5547 of such title), for all premium pay that would have been paid to such forest or wildland firefighter employees, but for the provisions of section 5547 of such title, for all pay periods (and parts thereof) occurring during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), no forest or wildland firefighter employee may be paid premium pay to the extent that the aggregate rate of pay of such employee for the aggregate of all pay periods in any calendar year exceeds the maximum rate for GS–15 as provided under the General Schedule pursuant to subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code. (c) For purposes of this section, the term “wildland forest fire-fighter” means any employee of the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior who is assigned to, or in support of, work on forest or wildland wildfire emergencies.