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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6318 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide an increase in premium 

pay for certain Federal employees performing protective services during 

any year in which a presidential election is held, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 15, 2016 

Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. CLAY, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 

TED LIEU of California, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. COOPER, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KELLY of 

Illinois, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 

MALONEY of New York, Mr. WELCH, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM

of New Mexico, and Ms. DUCKWORTH) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide an increase 

in premium pay for certain Federal employees performing protective services during any year in which 

a presidential election is held, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Pay for Presi5 dential Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PREMIUM PAY EXCEPTION FOR WORK AUTHORIZED 

2 UNDER SECTION 3056(a) OF TITLE 18. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5547 of title 5, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(f)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

7 section, in any calendar year in which a presidential elec8 tion is held— 

9 ‘‘(A) subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to 

10 an employee who performs work authorized by sec11 tion 3056(a) of title 18; and 

12 ‘‘(B) such an employee may be paid premium 

13 pay under the provisions of law referred to in sub14 section (a) to the extent that the payment of such 

15 pay does not cause— 

16 ‘‘(i) the aggregate total of basic pay and 

17 such premium pay for any pay period for such 

18 employee to exceed the biweekly equivalent of 

19 the annual salary rate established for level I of 

20 the Executive Schedule under section 5312 in 

21 effect at the end of the calendar year; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) the total basic pay and such premium 

23 pay in any calendar year for such employee to 

24 exceed the annual salary rate established for 

25 such level in effect at the end of the calendar 

26 year. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The payment of additional premium pay pursu2 ant to paragraph (1) shall not be considered or creditable 

3 as basic pay for purposes of retirement or any other pur4 pose and shall not be used in computing payment for accu5 mulated and accrued annual leave under section 5551 or 

6 5552. 

7 ‘‘(3) In applying section 5307, any premium pay 

8 earned in a pay period subject to the limit in paragraph 

9 (1)(B)(i) shall not be counted as part of an employee’s 

10 aggregate compensation for the given calendar year. 

11 ‘‘(4) The Director of the Secret Service may act as 

12 the head of an agency in applying the annual limitation 

13 on premium pay established under subsection (b)(3) in 

14 calendar years in which a presidential election is not 

15 held.’’. 

16 (b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub17 section (a) shall begin to apply in 2016. 

18 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 118 of the 

19 Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 

20 2001 (Public Law 106–554) is repealed. 

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