I 
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 Penn-
sylvania, 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 Re-
form 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide an increase 
in premium pay for certain Federal employees per-
forming protective services during any year in which 
a presidential election is held, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Pay for Presi-
dential Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PREMIUM PAY EXCEPTION FOR WORK AUTHORIZED 
UNDER SECTION 3056(a) OF TITLE 18. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5547 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, in any calendar year in which a presidential elec-
tion is held— 
‘‘(A) subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to 
an employee who performs work authorized by sec-
tion 3056(a) of title 18; and 
‘‘(B) such an employee may be paid premium 
pay under the provisions of law referred to in sub-
section (a) to the extent that the payment of such 
pay does not cause— 
‘‘(i) the aggregate total of basic pay and 
such premium pay for any pay period for such 
employee to exceed the biweekly equivalent of 
the annual salary rate established for level I of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5312 in 
effect at the end of the calendar year; or 
‘‘(ii) the total basic pay and such premium 
pay in any calendar year for such employee to 
exceed the annual salary rate established for 
such level in effect at the end of the calendar 
year. 
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‘‘(2) The payment of additional premium pay pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) shall not be considered or creditable 
as basic pay for purposes of retirement or any other pur-
pose and shall not be used in computing payment for accu-
mulated and accrued annual leave under section 5551 or 
5552. 
‘‘(3) In applying section 5307, any premium pay 
earned in a pay period subject to the limit in paragraph 
(1)(B)(i) shall not be counted as part of an employee’s 
aggregate compensation for the given calendar year. 
‘‘(4) The Director of the Secret Service may act as 
the head of an agency in applying the annual limitation 
on premium pay established under subsection (b)(3) in 
calendar years in which a presidential election is not 
held.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall begin to apply in 2016. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 118 of the 
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 
2001 (Public Law 106–554) is repealed. 
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