An Act to amend the National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988 to adjust the boundary of the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada, and to amend chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize equal overtime pay provisions for all Federal employees engaged in wildland fire suppression operations.
Public Law 106-558 · S. 439 · 106th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Dec 21, 2000 · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Bryan (D-NV)
Cosponsors (1): Sen. Harry Reid
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988 to modify the boundary of the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada, to include specified lands transferred by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior.
Amends Federal civil service law to mandate time-and-a-half as the overtime hourly rate of pay for an employee of the Department of the Interior or the U.S. Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture engaged in emergency wildland fire suppression activities. Declares such overtime as premium pay.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Natural Resources Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee
Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 21 actions.
- Dec 21, 2000Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 106-558.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 15, 2000PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Dec 7, 2000Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 23, 2000FloorFloor · The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Gibbons moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 17, 2000CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
- Jun 7, 2000CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- May 3, 2000CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Feb 2, 2000CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Jan 28, 2000CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
- Nov 19, 1999FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 2, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Oct 20, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Jul 27, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Feb 23, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Feb 22, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.