[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6738]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RELATING TO PROVISIONS OF THE BORDER PATROL AGENT PAY REFORM ACT OF 
                                  2014

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 1356, introduced 
earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1356) to clarify that certain provisions of the 
     Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014 will not take 
     effect until after the Director of the Office of Personnel 
     Management promulgates and makes effective regulations 
     relating to such provisions.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third 
time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and 
that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1356) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1356

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

     SECTION 1. EFFECTIVE DATES.

       (a) In General.--Section 2 of the Border Patrol Agent Pay 
     Reform Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-277) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(i) Effective Dates.--Subsections (b), (c), (d), and (g), 
     and the amendments made by such subsections, shall take 
     effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning on 
     or after January 1, 2016, except that--
       ``(1) any provision in section 5550(b) of title 5, United 
     States Code, as added by subsection (b), relating to 
     administering elections and making advance assignments to a 
     regular tour of duty, shall be applicable before such 
     effective date to the extent determined necessary by the 
     Director of the Office of Personnel Management; and
       ``(2) the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
     may issue such regulations as may be necessary before such 
     effective date.''.
       (b) Retroactive Application.--The amendment made by 
     subsection (a) shall be deemed to have been enacted on the 
     date of the enactment of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform 
     Act of 2014.

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