[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2663 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2663

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to improve the ability of the 
 United States to attract and retain qualified air traffic controllers 
 by offering controllers premium pay for Saturday work, and by raising 
           the controller differential from 5 to 15 percent.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 1993

     Mr. Sangmeister (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
   Hochbrueckner, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, and Mr. 
  Hastings) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to improve the ability of the 
 United States to attract and retain qualified air traffic controllers 
 by offering controllers premium pay for Saturday work, and by raising 
           the controller differential from 5 to 15 percent.

    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 ``Air Traffic Controller Incentive and 
Retention Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PAY DIFFERENTIAL FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

    Section 5546a(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ``5 per centum'' and 
inserting ``15 percent''.

SEC. 3. PREMIUM PAY FOR SATURDAY WORK OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

    Section 5546a of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(g) An employee described in subsection (a) who performs work on 
Saturday shall be entitled to pay under section 5546 to the same extent 
as if such work were performed on Sunday.''.

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