[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2367 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2367

 To provide for hardship duty pay for border patrol agents and customs 
  and border protection officers assigned to highly-trafficked rural 
                                 areas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 8, 2015

  Mr. McCain introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for hardship duty pay for border patrol agents and customs 
  and border protection officers assigned to highly-trafficked rural 
                                 areas.

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

SECTION 1. HARDSHIP DUTY PAY FOR BORDER PATROL AGENTS AND CUSTOMS AND 
              BORDER PROTECTION OFFICERS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 5550c. Hardship duty pay for border patrol agents and customs 
              and border protection officers
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `border patrol agent' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 5550;
            ``(2) the term `customs and border protection officer' 
        means--
                    ``(A) a customs and border protection officer, as 
                defined in section 8331; and
                    ``(B) a customs and border protection officer, as 
                defined in section 8401; and
            ``(3) the term `highly-trafficked rural area' means any 
        rural area through which illicit narcotics and undocumented 
        aliens are routinely smuggled, as designated by the 
        Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
    ``(b) Hardship Pay.--In addition to any other compensation to which 
a border patrol agent or customs and border protection officer is 
otherwise entitled, a border patrol agent or customs and border 
protection officer who is assigned to highly-trafficked rural areas 
shall be entitled to receive hardship duty pay.
    ``(c) Establishment of Rate.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection shall establish the rate of hardship duty pay for 
purposes of subsection (b), which may not exceed the rate of special 
pay to which members of a uniformed service are entitled under section 
310 of title 37.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 5550(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``or section 5542(g)'' and inserting ``, 
        section 5542(g), or section 5550c''.
            (2) The table of sections for subchapter V of chapter 55 of 
        title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
        the following:

``5550c. Hardship duty pay for border patrol agents and customs and 
                            border protection officers.''.
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