A bill to change the title of employees designated by the Librarian of Congress for police duty and to make the rank structure and pay for such employees the same as the rank structure and pay for the Capitol Police.
PL 100-135 (H.R.2249), enacted 10/16/1987

PUBLIC LAW 100-135—OCT. 16, 1987 
101 STAT. 811 
Public Law 100-135 
100th Congress 
An Act 
To change the title of employees designated by the Librarian of Congress for police 
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duty and to make the rank structure and pay for such employees the same as the 
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rank structure and pay for the Capitol Police. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TITLE, RANK STRUCTURE, AND PAY OF EMPLOYEES DES-
IGNATED BY THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS FOR POLICE 
DUTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first section of the Act entitled "An Act 
relating to the policing of the buildings and grounds of the Library 
of Congress", approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167), is amended to 
read as follows: "That the Librarian of Congress may designate 
employees of the Library of Congress as police for duty with respect 
to the Library of Congress buildings and adjacent streets. The rank 
structure and pay for employees so designated shall be the same as 
the rank structure and pay for the Capitol Police.". 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 9 of the Act entitled "An Act relating to the 
policing of the buildings and grounds of the Library of Con-
gress", approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167h), is amended by 
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(2) Section 5102(c)(27) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking out "special police force" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "police". 
SEC. 2. TRANSITION RULE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. 
2 USC 167 note. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the amendments made by sec-
tion 1, each identified employee shall be paid in accordance with 
prior law until the earliest o
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(1) the first pay period during which the employee does not 
perform Sunday work or night work; 
(2) the first pay period for which the pay of the employee, 
computed in accordance with the amendments made by section 
1 and without regard to this section, exceeds the pay computed 
under prior law; or 
(3) the first pay period beginning after September 30, 1989. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
(1) the term "identified employee" means an employee identi-
fied by the Librarian of Congress as an employee who (with 
respect to each of the thirteen pay periods immediately before 
the first pay period to which the amendments made by section 1 
apply) is designated by the Librarian for police duty, at the rank 
of private, and receives additional pay for Sunday work or night 
work under section 5544 or section 5545 of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
(2) the,term "prior law" means the first section of the Act 
entitled "An Act relating to the policing of the buildings and 
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PUBLIC LAW 100-135—OCT. 16, 1987 
grounds of the Library of Congress", approved August 4, 1950 (2 
U.S.C. 167), as in effect immediately before the first pay period 
to which the amendments made by section 1 apply. 
2 u s e 167 note. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
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The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with respect to 
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pay periods beginning after September 30, 1987, except that any pay 
increase for employees of the Library of Congress, pursuant to the 
amendments made by such section, shall be subject to appropriation 
and shall be implemented in four approximately equal annual 
increments, so that pay parity with the Capitol Police occurs begin-
ning with the first pay period beginning after September 30, 1990. 
Approved October 16, 1987. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2249: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-214 (Comm. on House Administration). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-171 (Comm. on Rules and Administration). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): 
July 21, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate.