[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5368 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5368

   To amend titles 5 and 39 of the United States Code to make Postal 
  Inspectors eligible for availability pay for criminal investigators.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2010

  Mr. Lynch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend titles 5 and 39 of the United States Code to make Postal 
  Inspectors eligible for availability pay for criminal investigators.

    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 ``United States Postal Service Postal 
Inspectors Equity Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR AVAILABILITY PAY.

    (a) In General.--Section 5545a of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(l) The provisions of subsections (a)-(h) providing for 
availability pay shall apply to a Postal Inspector. For the purpose of 
this section, section 5542(d) of this title, and section 13(a)(16) and 
(b)(30) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(16) 
and (b)(30)), a Postal Inspector shall be deemed to be a criminal 
investigator as defined in this section. For purposes of this 
subsection, the term `Postal Inspector' has the meaning given such term 
under section 1003(c) of title 39.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 410(b)(11) of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``Section 5520a'' and inserting 
``Sections 5520a and 5545a''.
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