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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5675 

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

Service with overtime pay beyond other statutory limitations, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 

Mr. GREEN of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To extend the authority to provide employees of the United 

States Secret Service with overtime pay beyond other 

statutory limitations, 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 ‘‘Overtime Pay for Pro5 tective Services Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF OVERTIME PAY EXCEPTION 

2 THROUGH 2028 FOR PROTECTIVE SERVICES. 

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

4 for Protective Services Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note) 

5 is amended— 

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

7 and inserting ‘‘2028’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DEFINI10 TION’’ and inserting ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; 

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

12 and inserting the following: ‘‘In this section— 

13 ‘‘(1) the term’’; and 

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

15 following: ‘‘2028; and 

16 ‘‘(2) the term ‘protective services’ does not in17 clude routine administrative or technical work that 

18 supports the daily operations of the United States 

19 Secret Service.’’; and 

20 (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘during 

21 each of calendar years 2016 through 2023’’ and in22 serting ‘‘for protective services during each of cal23 endar years 2016 through 2028’’. 

24 (b) REPORTS.— 

25 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 


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1 (A) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON2 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of 

3 Congress’’ means— 

4 (i) the Committee on Appropriations 

5 of the Senate; 

6 (ii) the Committee on Homeland Se7 curity and Governmental Affairs of the 

8 Senate; 

9 (iii) the Committee on the Judiciary 

10 of the Senate; 

11 (iv) the Committee on Appropriations 

12 of the House of Representatives; 

13 (v) the Committee on Homeland Secu14 rity of the House of Representatives; 

15 (vi) the Committee on Oversight and 

16 Accountability of the House of Representa17 tives; and 

18 (vii) the Committee on the Judiciary 

19 of the House of Representatives. 

20 (B) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ 

21 means the Director of the United States Secret 

22 Service. 

23 (2) ANNUAL PROJECTIONS.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Decem25 ber 31 of each of calendar years 2023 through 


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1 2027, the Director shall submit to the appro2 priate committees of Congress a report that 

3 contains, with respect to the calendar year fol4 lowing the calendar year in which the report is 

5 submitted, projections for the information de6 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 

7 2(c) of the Secret Service Recruitment and Re8 tention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–160; 132 

9 Stat. 1246), which shall be divided by calendar 

10 quarter. 

11 (B) QUARTERLY UPDATES.—With respect 

12 to each annual report required under subpara13 graph (A), the Director shall, on the last day 

14 of each calendar quarter of the calendar year 

15 that is covered by the report, submit to the ap16 propriate committees of Congress an updated 

17 version of that report that contains projections 

18 for the information described in that subpara19 graph for the remainder of that calendar year, 

20 which shall be divided by calendar quarter. 

21 (C) DEEMING OF PERIOD.—Solely for the 

22 purposes of a report required under this para23 graph, a reference in any of paragraphs (1) 

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

25 Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018 (Public 


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1 Law 115–160; 132 Stat. 1246) to a numerical 

2 value for a previous calendar year shall be 

3 deemed to be a projection of that numerical 

4 value for an upcoming calendar year or for the 

5 remainder of a calendar year, as applicable. 

6 (3) EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS.—Not later than 

7 January 30 of each of calendar years 2024 through 

8 2029, the Director shall submit to the appropriate 

9 committees of Congress a report on the effects of 

10 the amendments made by subsection (a), which shall 

11 include, with respect to the previous calendar year, 

12 the following: 

13 (A) The information described in para14 graphs (1) through (7) of section 2(c) of the 

15 Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act 

16 of 2018 (Public Law 115–160; 132 Stat. 

17 1246). 

18 (B) A comparison between the final data 

19 reported under subparagraph (A) and the an20 nual projections reported for that calendar year 

21 under paragraph (2)(A), including an expla22 nation for any substantial variance between 

23 that final data and those annual projections. 

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