pay that a border patrol agent would normally 
receive in a pay period described in the pre-
ceding sentence shall be decreased based on the 
percentage of work days for which the border 
patrol agent takes leave without pay.’’; and 
(G) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision in this section or section 6101, U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection may assign a border pa-
trol agent an alternative work schedule as described 
in this subsection, subject to any regulations pre-
scribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management. No alternative work schedule may be 
established under subchapter II of chapter 61. 
‘‘(2) LEVEL 2 BORDER PATROL AGENT.—A bor-
der patrol agent receiving a level 2 border patrol 
rate of pay may, in lieu of the standard work sched-
ule described in subsection (b)(3)(A), be assigned to 
an alternative work schedule under the following 
terms and conditions: 
‘‘(A) The alternative work schedule shall 
be a regular tour of duty consisting of 9 work-
days per biweekly pay period, with— 
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‘‘(i) 8 workdays including 9 hours of 
regular time per workday and 1 additional 
hour of scheduled overtime for each day 
the agent performs work during regular 
time; and 
‘‘(ii) 1 workday including 8 hours of 
regular time per workday and 2 additional 
hours of scheduled overtime when the 
agent performs work during such regular 
time. 
‘‘(B) Subparagraphs (B) through (H) of 
subsection (b)(3) shall continue to apply to an 
agent assigned to an alternative work schedule 
under this paragraph. References in this section 
to regular time under subsection (b)(3)(A)(i) 
and 
scheduled 
overtime 
under 
subsection 
(b)(3)(A)(ii) shall be deemed to be references to 
regular time and scheduled overtime described 
in subparagraph (A), respectively. 
‘‘(3) BASIC BORDER PATROL AGENT.—A border 
patrol agent receiving a basic border patrol rate of 
pay may, in lieu of the standard work schedule de-
scribed in subsection (b)(4)(A), be assigned to an al-
ternative work schedule that is a regular tour of 
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duty consisting of 4 workdays per week with 10 
hours of regular time per workday.’’. 
(2) REGULATIONS.—The Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management shall promulgate regula-
tions to carry out the amendments made by this 
subsection, including regulations governing— 
(A) elections and assignments of a border 
patrol rate of pay for newly hired border patrol 
agents who complete initial training during an 
annual period; 
(B) situations in which a border patrol 
agent receives more than one type of border pa-
trol rate of pay in a biweekly pay period or is 
employed as a border patrol agent for only part 
of a biweekly pay period; and 
(C) the treatment of hours that are sub-
stituted for nonpay status hours during regular 
time. 
(b) OVERTIME RATES.—Section 5542(g)(5) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘leave 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘an annual period, as described 
in section 5550(b)(1)(A)’’; and 
(2) by amending subparagraph (E) to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(E) shall not receive credit towards com-
putation of the border patrol agent’s annuity 
based on unused compensatory time off; and’’. 
(c) PREMIUM PAY CAP.—Section 5547(c) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘duty,’’ 
the following: ‘‘or to border patrol agents who receive an 
overtime supplement for overtime hours within their reg-
ular tour of duty under section 5550,’’. 
(d) 
BASIC
PAY
FOR
RETIREMENT.—Section 
8331(3)(I) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
adding before the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, 
subject to the limitation prescribed in section 5550(d)(3)’’. 
(e) SCHEDULED OVERTIME WORK.—Section 2(c)(2) 
of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014 (Pub-
lic Law 113–277) is amended by inserting after ‘‘sched-
uled overtime work’’ the following: ‘‘(other than scheduled 
overtime work within the regular tour of duty)’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect 
on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or 
after the day that is 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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