; (B) shall be paid in the same manner as annual leave; (C) shall be used immediately after a qualifying incident; and (D) may not be set aside for later use. (2) No payment A covered employee may not receive any payment for unused rest and recuperation leave granted under this section. (d) Intermittent work schedule A covered employee with an intermittent work schedule— (1) shall be excused from duty during the same period of time that other covered employees in the same circumstances are entitled to rest and recuperation leave; and (2) shall receive a payment as if the covered employee were entitled to rest and recuperation leave under subsection (b). . (b) Technical and conforming amendment The table of sections for subchapter II of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6329d the following: 6329e. Rest and recuperation leave for employees engaged in wildland firefighting. . 5. Transfer authority Notwithstanding section 40803(c)(2) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6592(c)(2) ), not more than $5,000,000 of the unobligated balances of amounts made available under the heading Wildland Fire Management under the heading Forest Service under the heading Department of Agriculture in title VI of division J of that Act ( Public Law 117–58 ; 135 Stat. 1410) pursuant to section 40803(c)(2)(B) of that Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6592(c)(2)(B) ) may, as necessary to continue uninterrupted the Federal wildland firefighter base salary increase described in section 40803(d)(4)(B) of that Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6592(d)(4)(B) ), be transferred to and merged with the amounts made available under the heading Wildland Fire Management under the heading Department-wide programs under the heading Department of the Interior in title VI of division J of that Act ( Public Law 117–58 ; 135 Stat. 1393).