S. 3427 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four 

An Act 

To extend the authority to provide employees of the United States Secret Service 

with overtime pay beyond other statutory limitations, 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 2023’’. 

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF OVERTIME PAY EXCEPTION THROUGH 2028 FOR 

PROTECTIVE SERVICES. 

(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective 

Services Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note) is amended— 

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting 

‘‘2028’’; 

(2) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘DEFINITION’’ 

and inserting ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘In this section, the term’’ and inserting 

the following: ‘‘In this section— 

‘‘(1) the term’’; and 

(C) by striking ‘‘2023.’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘2028; and 

‘‘(2) the term ‘protective services’ does not include routine 

administrative or technical work that supports the daily operations of the United States Secret Service.’’; and 

(3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘during each of calendar 

years 2016 through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘for protective services 

during each of calendar years 2016 through 2028’’. 

(b) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—If this Act is enacted after 

December 31, 2023, the amendments made by subsection (a) shall 

take effect as if enacted on December 31, 2023. 

(c) REPORTS.— 

(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

(A) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—The term 

‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 

(i) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

(ii) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

(iii) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 

(iv) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives; 

(v) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

House of Representatives; 
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(vi) the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives; and 

(vii) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

of Representatives. 

(B) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 

Director of the United States Secret Service. 

(2) REPORT ON PLANS TO REDUCE OVERTIME USAGE.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit 

to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 

describing the steps that the United States Secret Service 

is taking to address the increased protective service 

demands placed upon United States Secret Service personnel. 

(B) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subparagraph (A) shall include the following: 

(i) An analysis of the current (as of the date on 

which the report is submitted) operational demands 

and staffing levels with respect to the United States 

Secret Service. 

(ii) Recommended strategies for reducing overtime 

requirements for United States Secret Service personnel, including— 

(I) the appointment of additional personnel; 

(II) solutions such that sufficient resources are 

available throughout each year without the need 

for exceptions to, or waivers of, premium pay 

limitations; 

(III) the redistribution of workload among 

United States Secret Service personnel; and 

(IV) other improvements in operational efficiency with respect to the United States Secret 

Service. 

(3) ANNUAL PROJECTIONS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.— (i) REQUIREMENT.—In accordance with the 

schedule described in clause (ii), the Director shall 

submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 

report that contains projections for the information 

described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 2(c) 

of the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act 

of 2018 (Public Law 115–160; 132 Stat. 1246), which 

shall be divided by calendar quarter. 

(ii) SCHEDULE DESCRIBED.—The schedule described 

in this clause is as follows: 

(I) Not later than 30 days after the date of 

enactment of this Act, a report with respect to 

calendar year 2024. 

(II) Not later than December 31 of each of 

calendar years 2024 through 2027, a report with 

respect to the calendar year following the calendar 

year in which the report is submitted. 

(B) QUARTERLY UPDATES.—With respect to each annual 

report required under subparagraph (A), the Director shall, 

on the last day of each calendar quarter of the calendar 

year that is covered by the report, submit to the appropriate 

committees of Congress an updated version of that report 
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that contains projections for the information described in 

that subparagraph for the remainder of that calendar year, 

which shall be divided by calendar quarter. 

(C) DEEMING OF PERIOD.—Solely for the purposes of 

a report required under this paragraph, a reference in 

any of paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 2(c) of the 

Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018 

(Public Law 115–160; 132 Stat. 1246) to a numerical value 

for a previous calendar year shall be deemed to be a projection of that numerical value for an upcoming calendar 

year or for the remainder of a calendar year, as applicable. 

(4) EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS.—Not later than January 30 

of each of calendar years 2025 through 2029, the Director 

shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 

on the effects of the amendments made by subsection (a), which 

shall include, with respect to the calendar year preceding the 

calendar year in which the report is submitted, the following: 

(A) The information described in paragraphs (1) 

through (7) of section 2(c) of the Secret Service Recruitment 

and Retention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–160; 132 Stat. 

1246). 

(B) A comparison between the final data reported under 

subparagraph (A) and the annual projections reported for 

that calendar year under paragraph (3)(A), including an 

explanation for any substantial variance between that final 

data and those annual projections. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.