[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2970 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2970

    To amend title 5, United States Code, to expand law enforcement 
availability pay to employees of the Air and Marine Operations of U.S. 
                     Customs and Border Protection.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 23, 2016

Mr. Johnson (for himself, Ms. Heitkamp, and Ms. Baldwin) 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 amend title 5, United States Code, to expand law enforcement 
availability pay to employees of the Air and Marine Operations of U.S. 
                     Customs and Border Protection.

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

SECTION 1. LAW ENFORCEMENT AVAILABILITY PAY FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE AIR 
              AND MARINE OPERATIONS OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER 
              PROTECTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 5545a(i) of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``apply to a pilot employed by the United 
        States Customs Service'' and inserting ``apply to any employee 
        of the Air and Marine Operations of U.S. Customs and Border 
        Protection, or any successor thereto,''; and
            (2) by striking ``such pilot'' and inserting ``such 
        employee''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period 
beginning on or after the date that is 14 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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