A bill to provide for hardship duty pay for border patrol agents and customs and border protection officers assigned to highly-trafficked rural areas.

Bill: 114-s-2367
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2015-12-08
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Customs enforcement

Department of Homeland Security

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Human trafficking

Law enforcement officers

Rural conditions and development

Smuggling and trafficking
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill entitles a border patrol agent or Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer who is assigned to a rural area through which illicit narcotics and undocumented aliens are routinely smuggled to hardship duty pay. </p> <p>The Commissioner of CBP shall designate such areas and establish the rate of hardship duty pay.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2367 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 8, 2015 Mr. McCain introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To provide for hardship duty pay for border patrol agents and customs and border protection officers assigned to highly-trafficked rural areas.

1. Hardship duty pay for border patrol agents and customs and border protection officers (a) In general Subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 5550c. Hardship duty pay for border patrol agents and customs and border protection officers (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term border patrol agent has the meaning given that term in section 5550; (2) the term customs and border protection officer means— (A) a customs and border protection officer, as defined in section 8331; and (B) a customs and border protection officer, as defined in section 8401; and (3) the term highly-trafficked rural area means any rural area through which illicit narcotics and undocumented aliens are routinely smuggled, as designated by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (b) Hardship pay In addition to any other compensation to which a border patrol agent or customs and border protection officer is otherwise entitled, a border patrol agent or customs and border protection officer who is assigned to highly-trafficked rural areas shall be entitled to receive hardship duty pay. (c) Establishment of rate The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall establish the rate of hardship duty pay for purposes of subsection (b), which may not exceed the rate of special pay to which members of a uniformed service are entitled under section 310 of title 37. . (b) Technical and conforming amendments (1) Section 5550(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking or section 5542(g) and inserting , section 5542(g), or section 5550c . (2) The table of sections for subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 5550c. Hardship duty pay for border patrol agents and customs and border protection officers. .