[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 47 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          SECRET SERVICE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ACT OF 2017

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 3731 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 3731) to provide overtime pay for employees of 
     the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Grassley substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; 
that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; 
and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the 
table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2214) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to, 
as follows:

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

       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.

  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill was read the third time.
  The bill (H. R. 3731), as amended, was passed.

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