PUBLIC LAW 114–311—DEC. 16, 2016 130 STAT. 1531 

Public Law 114–311 

114th Congress 

An Act 

To provide an increase in premium pay for protective services during 2016, 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 ‘‘Overtime Pay for Protective 

Services Act of 2016’’. 

SEC. 2. PREMIUM PAY EXCEPTION IN 2016 FOR PROTECTIVE SERVICES. 

(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered employee’’ 

means any officer, employee, or agent employed by the United 

States Secret Service who performs protective services for an individual or event protected by the United States Secret Service during 

2016. 

(b) EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY FOR

PROTECTIVE SERVICES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, during 2016, section 5547(a) of title 5, United States 

Code, shall not apply to any covered employee to the extent 

that its application would prevent a covered employee from 

receiving premium pay, as provided under the amendment 

made by paragraph (2). 

(2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 118 

of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 

2001 (as enacted into law by section 1(3) of Public Law 106– 

554; 114 Stat. 2763A–134) is amended, in the first sentence, 

by inserting ‘‘or, if the employee qualifies for an exception 

to such limitation under section 2(b)(1) of the Overtime Pay 

for Protective Services Act of 2016, to the extent that such 

aggregate amount would exceed the rate of basic pay payable 

for a position at level II of the Executive Schedule under 

section 5313 of title 5, United States Code’’ after ‘‘of that 

limitation’’. 

(c) TREATMENT OF ADDITIONAL PAY.—If subsection (b) results 

in the payment of additional premium pay to a covered employee 

of a type that is normally creditable as basic pay for retirement 

or any other purpose, that additional pay shall not— 

(1) be considered to be basic pay of the covered employee 

for any purpose; or 

(2) be used in computing a lump-sum payment to the 

covered employee for accumulated and accrued annual leave 

under section 5551 or section 5552 of title 5, United States 

Code. 

5 USC 5547 note. 

Overtime Pay for 

Protective 

Services Act 

of 2016. 

5 USC 5547 note. 

Dec. 16, 2016 

[H.R. 6302] 


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130 STAT. 1532 PUBLIC LAW 114–311—DEC. 16, 2016 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6302: 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 114–837 (Comm. on Oversight and Government Reform). 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 162 (2016): 

Nov. 30, considered and passed House. 

Dec. 9, considered and passed Senate. 

Dec. 13, House concurred in Senate amendment. 

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(d) AGGREGATE LIMIT.—With respect to the application of section 5307 of title 5, United States Code, the payment of any additional premium pay to a covered employee as a result of subsection 

(b) shall not be counted as part of the aggregate compensation 

of the covered employee. 

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amendments made 

by this section shall take effect as if enacted on December 31, 

2015. 

Approved December 16, 2016. 


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