Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Border Patrol Pay Security Act of 2022”.
Border Patrol Pay Security Act of 2022
A BILL
To amend section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure appropriate compensation for certain hours of overtime work by border patrol agents.
Sec. 2 Purpose
Sec. 3 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 premium pay for border patrol agents
Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(s) Employment as a border patrol agent—No public agency shall be deemed to have violated subsection (a) with respect to the employment of any border patrol agent (as defined in section 5550(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code), if, during a work period of 14 consecutive days, the border patrol agent receives compensation at a rate not less than 150 percent of the regular rate at which the border patrol agent is employed for all hours of work between 80 hours and 100 hours. Payments required under this subsection shall be in addition to any payments made under section 5550 of title 5, United States Code, and shall be made notwithstanding any pay limitations set forth in that title.”
Sec. 4 Technical and conforming amendment
Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (18).