Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5675
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2023-09-22
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5675 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2023 . 2. Extension of overtime pay exception through 2028 for protective services (a) Amendments Section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking 2023 and inserting 2028 ; (2) in subsection (a)— (A) in the heading, by striking Definition and inserting Definitions ; (B) by striking In this section, the term and inserting the following: In this section— (1) the term ; and (C) by striking 2023. and inserting the following: 2028; and (2) the term protective services does not include routine administrative or technical work that supports the daily operations of the United States Secret Service. ; and (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking during each of calendar years 2016 through 2023 and inserting for protective services during each of calendar years 2016 through 2028 . (b) Reports (1) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Appropriate committees of congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (i) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (ii) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (iii) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; (iv) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; (v) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; (vi) the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives; and (vii) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. (B) Director The term Director means the Director of the United States Secret Service. (2) Annual projections (A) In general Not later than December 31 of each of calendar years 2023 through 2027, the Director shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that contains, with respect to the calendar year following the calendar year in which the report is submitted, projections for the information described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 2(c) of the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–160 ; 132 Stat. 1246), which shall be divided by calendar quarter. (B) Quarterly updates With respect to each annual report required under subparagraph (A), the Director shall, on the last day of each calendar quarter of the calendar year that is covered by the report, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an updated version of that report that contains projections for the information described in that subparagraph for the remainder of that calendar year, which shall be divided by calendar quarter. (C) Deeming of period Solely for the purposes of a report required under this paragraph, a reference in any of paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 2(c) of the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–160 ; 132 Stat. 1246) to a numerical value for a previous calendar year shall be deemed to be a projection of that numerical value for an upcoming calendar year or for the remainder of a calendar year, as applicable. (3) Effect of amendments Not later than January 30 of each of calendar years 2024 through 2029, the Director shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the effects of the amendments made by subsection (a), which shall include, with respect to the previous calendar year, the following: (A) The information described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 2(c) of the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–160 ; 132 Stat. 1246). (B) A comparison between the final data reported under subparagraph (A) and the annual projections reported for that calendar year under paragraph (2)(A), including an explanation for any substantial variance between that final data and those annual projections.