S 1510 IS
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1510
To transfer statutory entitlements to pay and hours of work authorized by the District of Columbia Code for current members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division from the District of Columbia Code to the United States Code.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 23, 2009
Mr. LIEBERMAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To transfer statutory entitlements to pay and hours of work authorized by the District of Columbia Code for current members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division from the District of Columbia Code to the United States Code.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘United States Secret Service Uniformed Division Modernization Act of 2009’.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to transfer statutory entitlements to pay and hours of work authorized by the District of Columbia Code for current members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division from the District of Columbia Code to the United States Code.
SEC. 3. HUMAN RESOURCES FOR UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE UNIFORMED DIVISION.
(a) Pay for Members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division- Subpart I of part III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘CHAPTER 102--UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE UNIFORMED DIVISION PERSONNEL
‘Sec.
‘10201. Definitions.
‘10202. Authorities.
‘10203. Basic pay.
‘10204. Rate of pay for original appointments.
‘10205. Service step adjustments.
‘10206. Technician positions.
‘10207. Promotions.
‘10208. Demotions.
‘10209. Clothing allowances.
‘Sec. 10201. Definitions
‘In this chapter--
‘(1) the term ‘member’ means an employee of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division having the authorities described under section 3056A(b) of title 18;
‘(2) the term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; and
‘(3) the term ‘United States Secret Service Uniformed Division’ has the meaning given that term under section 3056A of title 18.
‘Sec. 10202. Authorities
‘(a) In General- The Secretary is authorized to--
‘(1) fix and adjust rates of basic pay for members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, subject to the requirements of this chapter;
‘(2) determine what constitutes an acceptable level of competence for the purposes of section 10205;
‘(3) establish and determine the positions at the Officer and Sergeant ranks to be included as technician positions; and
‘(4) determine the rate of basic pay of a member who is changed or demoted to a lower rank, in accordance with section 10208.
‘(b) Delegation of Authority- The Secretary is authorized to delegate to the designated agent or agents of the Secretary, any power or function vested in the Secretary under in this chapter.
‘(c) Regulations- The Secretary may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to administer this chapter.
‘Sec. 10203. Basic pay
‘(a) In General- The annual rates of basic pay of members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division shall be fixed in accordance with the following schedule of rates, except that the payable annual rate of basic pay for positions at the Lieutenant, Captain, and Inspector ranks is limited to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under subchapter II of chapter 53.
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‘Rank Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13
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Officer $44,000 $46,640 $49,280 $51,920 $54,560 $57,200 $59,840 $62,480 $65,120 $67,760 $70,400 $73,040 $75,680
Sergeant 59,708 62,744 65,780 68,816 71,852 74,888 77,924 80,960 83,996 87,032
Lieutenant 69,018 72,358 75,698 79,038 82,378 85,718 89,058 92,398 95,738
Captain 79,594 83,268 86,942 90,616 94,290 97,964 101,638 105,312
Inspector 91,533 95,758 99,983 104,208 108,433 112,658 116,883 121,108
(12)The rate of basic pay the Chief position will be equal to the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.
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‘(b) Schedule Adjustment-
‘(1)(A) Effective at the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after the first day of the month in which an adjustment in the rates of basic pay under the General Schedule takes effect under section 5303 or other authority, the schedule of annual rates of basic pay of members (except the Deputy Chiefs, Assistant Chief and Chief) shall be adjusted by the Secretary by a percentage amount corresponding to the percentage adjustment made in the rates of pay under the General Schedule.
‘(B) The Secretary may establish a methodology of schedule adjustment that--
‘(i) results in uniform fixed-dollar step increments within any given rank; and
‘(ii) preserves the established percentage differences among rates of different ranks at the same step position.
‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the payable annual rate of basic pay for positions at the Lieutenant, Captain, and Inspector ranks after adjustment under paragraph (1) may not exceed 95 percent of the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under subchapter II of chapter 53.
‘(3) Locality-based comparability payments authorized under section 5304 shall be applicable to the basic pay for all ranks under this section, except locality-based comparability payments may not be paid at a rate which, when added to the rate of basic pay otherwise payable to the member, would cause the total to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
‘Sec. 10204. Rate of pay for original appointments
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