[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2335 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2335

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure compensation 
   for certain hours of work for border patrol agents, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2019

 Mr. Cuellar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure compensation 
   for certain hours of work for border patrol agents, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Border Patrol Pay Security Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS PAY FOR BORDER PATROL AGENTS.

    (a) Purpose.--The purposes of this Act are to strengthen U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection and ensure that border patrol agents are 
compensated for certain hours of work with premium pay for certain 
hours of overtime work.
    (b) Fair Labor Standards Act Premium Pay.--Section 7 of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(t) Employment as a Border Patrol Agent.--No public agency shall 
be deemed to have violated subsection (a) with respect to the 
employment of any border patrol agent, as defined in paragraph (1) of 
section 5550 of title 5, United States Code, if, during a work period 
of 14 consecutive days, the border patrol agent receives compensation 
at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at 
which he or she is employed for all hours of work from 80 hours to 100 
hours. Payments required under this section shall be--
            ``(1) in addition to any payments made under such section 
        5550;
            ``(2) made notwithstanding any pay limitations set forth in 
        that title; and
            ``(3) paid as additional `half-time' as the straight time 
        portion shall be deemed paid for the hours for which payments 
        under such section 5550 have been made.''.
    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 13(a) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. section 213(a)) is amended by 
striking paragraph (18).
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