109 HR 5525 IH: Reservists Pay Security Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2006-06-06 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5525 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 6, 2006 Mr. Lantos (for himself, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Shays, and Mr. Graves) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to ensure that a Federal employee who takes leave without pay in order to perform service as a member of the uniformed services or member of the National Guard continues to receive pay in an amount which, when taken together with the pay and allowances such individual is receiving for such service, will be no less than the basic pay such individual would receive as a Federal employee if no interruption in employment had occurred.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Reservists Pay Security Act of 2006.

2.

Nonreduction in pay while Federal employee is performing active service in the uniformed services or National Guard

(a)

In general

Subchapter IV of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

5538.

Nonreduction in pay while serving in the uniformed services or National Guard

(a)An employee who is absent from a position of employment with the Federal Government in order to perform active duty in the uniformed services pursuant to a call or order to active duty under a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of title 10 shall be entitled, while serving on active duty, to receive, for each pay period described in subsection (b), an amount equal to the amount by which— (1)the amount of basic pay which would otherwise have been payable to such employee for such pay period if such employee’s civilian employment with the Government had not been interrupted by that service, exceeds (if at all) (2)the amount of pay and allowances which (as determined under subsection (d))— (A)is payable to such employee for that service; and (B)is allocable to such pay period. (b)(1)Amounts under this section shall be payable with respect to each pay period (which would otherwise apply if the employee’s civilian employment had not been interrupted)— (A)during which such employee is entitled to reemployment rights under chapter 43 of title 38 with respect to the position from which such employee is absent (as referred to in subsection (a)); and (B)for which such employee does not otherwise receive basic pay (including by taking any annual, military, or other paid leave) to which such employee is entitled by virtue of such employee’s civilian employment with the Government. (2)For purposes of this section, the period during which an employee is entitled to reemployment rights under chapter 43 of title 38— (A)shall be determined disregarding the provisions of section 4312(d) of title 38; and (B)shall include any period of time specified in section 4312(e) of title 38 within which an employee may report or apply for employment or reemployment following completion of service on active duty to which called or ordered as described in subsection (a). (c)Any amount payable under this section to an employee shall be paid— (1)by such employee’s employing agency; (2)from the appropriation or fund which would be used to pay the employee if such employee were in a pay status; and (3)to the extent practicable, at the same time and in the same manner as would basic pay if such employee’s civilian employment had not been interrupted. (d)The Office of Personnel Management shall, in consultation with Secretary of Defense, prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out the preceding provisions of this section. (e)(1)The head of each agency referred to in section 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) shall, in consultation with the Office, prescribe procedures to ensure that the rights under this section apply to the employees of such agency. (2)The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall, in consultation with the Office, prescribe procedures to ensure that the rights under this section apply to the employees of that agency. (f)For purposes of this section— (1)the terms employee, Federal Government, and uniformed services have the same respective meanings as given them in section 4303 of title 38; (2)the term employing agency, as used with respect to an employee entitled to any payments under this section, means the agency or other entity of the Government (including an agency referred to in section 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii)) with respect to which such employee has reemployment rights under chapter 43 of title 38; and (3)the term basic pay includes any amount payable under section 5304.

. (b)

Clerical amendment

The table of sections for chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5537 the following: 5538. Nonreduction in pay while serving in the uniformed services or National Guard. . (c)

Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to pay periods (as described in section 5538(b) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this section) beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act.