[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4057 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4057

 To provide that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice shall 
be eligible for compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of 
                      title 5, United States Code.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2005

  Mr. Porter (for himself, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
 Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Van Hollen) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice shall 
be eligible for compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of 
                      title 5, United States Code.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COMPENSATORY TIME OFF FOR TRAVEL.

    (a) In General.--Attorneys employed by the Department of Justice 
(including assistant United States attorneys) shall be eligible for 
compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United 
States Code, without regard to any provision of section 115 of the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 
1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113 and made permanent by section 111 of 
Public Law 106-553).
    (b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to time 
spent in travel status on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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