[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3731 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

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                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                        March 19, 2018.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
3731) entitled ``An Act to provide overtime pay for employees of the 
United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.'', do pass with 
the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
      following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Secret Service Recruitment and 
Retention Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF OVERTIME PAY EXCEPTION THROUGH 2018 FOR PROTECTIVE 
              SERVICES.

    (a) Amendments.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2 of the Overtime Pay for 
        Protective Services Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in the section heading, by striking ``in 2016'' 
                and inserting ``during 2016 through 2018'';
                    (B) in subsection (a), by striking ``2016'' and 
                inserting ``2016, 2017, or 2018''; and
                    (C) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) 
                and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, including section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
        and only to the extent that an appropriation is provided 
        specifically in an appropriations Act for premium pay in excess 
        of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the rate of pay 
        contained in section 5547(a), any covered employee may receive 
        premium pay during 2016, 2017, and 2018, to the extent provided 
        under section 118 of the Treasury and General Government 
        Appropriations Act, 2001 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note).''.
            (2) Clarifying provision.--Section 118 of the Treasury and 
        General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (5 U.S.C. 5547 
        note) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting ``or 
        3056A'' after ``section 3056(a)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if enacted on December 31, 2016.
    (c) Report on Extensions.--Not later than January 30, 2018, and 
January 30, 2019, the Director of the Secret Service shall submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on 
the effects of the amendment made by subsection (a)(2). The report 
shall include, with respect to the previous calendar year--
            (1) the total number of United States Secret Service 
        personnel receiving premium pay above the premium pay 
        limitation in subsection (a) of section 5547 of title 5, United 
        States Code;
            (2) the total amount of premium pay for that calendar year 
        paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the 
        premium pay limitation in such subsection;
            (3) the mean and median amount of premium pay paid to 
        United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay 
        limitation in such subsection;
            (4) the greatest amount paid to United States Secret 
        Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such 
        subsection and the number of employees who received that 
        amount;
            (5) notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (a), 
        the total number of United States Secret Service personnel who 
        were not fully compensated for service because of the premium 
        pay earnings limitation in section 118 of the Treasury and 
        General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (5 U.S.C. 5547 
        note);
            (6) the total amount of premium pay United States Secret 
        Service personnel would have been paid but for the premium pay 
        earnings limitation in such section; and
            (7) a list of United States Secret Service personnel who, 
        within the calendar year, received premium pay above the 
        premium pay limitation in subsection (a) of section 5547 of 
        title 5, United States Code, and separated from the agency, 
        including the type of separation in each case.

SEC. 3. REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES.

    Not later than 1 year after the effective date of this section, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall complete a study and 
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the extent of the 
progress made by the United States Secret Service in implementing the 
recommendations of the United States Secret Service Protective Mission 
Panel, including in particular those items pertaining to training and 
personnel enumerated in the Executive Summary to Report from the United 
States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security dated December 15, 2014.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H.R. 3731

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