[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR550.1301]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 550--PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart M--Firefighter Pay
 
Sec. 550.1301  Purpose, applicability, and administration.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5545b, 5548, 5553, and subsections (f) and (g) 
of section 628 as included in section 101(h) of Public Law 105-277.

    Source: 63 FR 64593, Nov. 23, 1998, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Purpose. This subpart provides regulations governing the pay of 
covered Federal firefighters. It implements sections 5542(f) and 5545b 
of title 5, United States Code, as added by section 628 of section 
101(h) of Pub. L. 105-277, and must be read together with those sections 
of law.
    (b) Applicability. This subpart applies to any firefighter as 
defined in Sec. 550.1302.
    (c) Administration. The head of an agency having employees subject 
to this subpart is responsible for the proper administration of this 
subpart.