[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 582 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 582

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for more equitable 
        policies relating to overtime pay for Federal employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1999

    Mr. Davis of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs. 
   Morella, and Mr. Hoyer) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for more equitable 
        policies relating to overtime pay for Federal employees.

    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 ``Federal Employees Overtime Pay Act 
of 1999''.

SEC. 2. REVISED LIMITATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``GS-10'' each place it appears and inserting ``GS-
15''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Paragraph (3) of section 5542(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, is repealed.
    (2) Section 5545(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end (as a flush left sentence) the following:
``For purposes of applying this subsection, the reference in paragraph 
(1) to section 5542(a)(3) shall be considered made to that provision, 
as last in effect before the date of enactment of the Federal Employees 
Overtime Pay Act of 1999.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect at the start of the first full pay period in the first calendar 
year beginning at least 9 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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