{"format":1,"id":"118-s-3427","congress":118,"number":"S. 3427","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2023","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2023"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 118-38","introduced":"2023-12-06","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-01-29","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h21","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act","result":"Passed","yea":379,"nay":20,"present":0,"not_voting":32,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll021.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2023-12-18","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6025; text: CR S6025)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2024-02-06"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 118-38.","date":"2024-02-06"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-02-06","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"This act generally extends through 2028 the authority to provide premium pay to protective services employees of the U.S. Secret Service even if it causes the employee's annual pay to exceed the statutory cap. The act also requires the Secret Service to provide related information to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"Under the act, a protective services employee may receive premium pay even if the premium pay causes the employee's total annual pay to exceed the statutory cap that applies to these employees. (Generally, protective services employees' pay may not exceed the rate of basic pay payable for General Schedule 15 or the maximum rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule.) Secret Service employees who perform routine administrative or technical work are not eligible for this premium pay."},{"k":"p","t":"The act provides that, if the act is enacted after December 31, 2023, the extension applies as if it were enacted on December 31, 2023."},{"k":"p","t":"Next, within 180 days of the act's enactment, the Secret Service must report to Congress on how it is addressing the demand for Secret Service protection personnel and recommend strategies for reducing the use of overtime. The act provides that such strategies must include the appointment of additional personnel, redistributing the workload amongst Secret Service personnel, solutions such that premium pay exceptions or waivers are not needed, and other improvements in operational efficiency."},{"k":"p","t":"The act also requires the Secret Service to report to Congress its projections for the following: (1) the number of employees receiving premium pay above the statutory cap; (2) the number of employees who were not fully compensated due to the statutory cap and the total amount that employees would have been paid without the cap; (3) the total, median, mean, and greatest amounts of premium pay above the cap; and (4) a list of personnel who received premium pay above the cap and separated from the agency."},{"k":"p","t":"This information must be provided no later than 30 days after the act's enactment for calendar year 2024. Thereafter, the report must be provided by December 31 for each calendar year through 2027 and updated quarterly. Further, the Secret Service must report to Congress on the effect that the act has had on this data."}],"words":375},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Extends through 2028 the Secret Service overtime pay exception for protective services under the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016, and requires the Director of the Secret Service to send reports to congressional committees.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3427/text/enr#idc365a2c82bec465fac8ed5ce829e8ba8:~:text=2.%20Extension%20of%20overtime%20pay%20exception%20through"}]},"core_areas":["Extension of the Secret Service protective services overtime pay exception through 2028","Secret Service reports to Congress on overtime, staffing and pay data"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 to replace 2023 with 2028 in its heading and definition, and to cover calendar years 2016 through 2028 in subsection (b)(1).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3427/text/enr#idc365a2c82bec465fac8ed5ce829e8ba8:~:text=2.%20Extension%20of%20overtime%20pay%20exception%20through"}},{"text":"Adds to that Act's definitions a statement that protective services does not include routine administrative or technical work that supports the daily operations of the United States Secret Service.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3427/text/enr#idc365a2c82bec465fac8ed5ce829e8ba8:~:text=2.%20Extension%20of%20overtime%20pay%20exception%20through"}},{"text":"Provides that, if the Act is enacted after December 31, 2023, the amendments take effect as if enacted on December 31, 2023.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3427/text/enr#idc365a2c82bec465fac8ed5ce829e8ba8:~:text=2.%20Extension%20of%20overtime%20pay%20exception%20through"}},{"text":"Requires the Director of the Secret Service to report to the appropriate committees within 180 days of enactment on the steps being taken to address protective service demands, including an analysis of operational demands and staffing levels.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3427/text/enr#idc365a2c82bec465fac8ed5ce829e8ba8:~:text=2.%20Extension%20of%20overtime%20pay%20exception%20through"}},{"text":"Requires that report to recommend strategies for reducing overtime, including appointing additional personnel, redistributing workload among personnel, and other improvements in operational efficiency.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3427/text/enr#idc365a2c82bec465fac8ed5ce829e8ba8:~:text=2.%20Extension%20of%20overtime%20pay%20exception%20through"}},{"text":"Requires projections, divided by calendar quarter, of the information in paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 2(c) of the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018, with quarterly updates, and annual reports on the effects of the amendments from 2025 through 2029.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3427/text/enr#idc365a2c82bec465fac8ed5ce829e8ba8:~:text=2.%20Extension%20of%20overtime%20pay%20exception%20through"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3427/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3427","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3427/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-s-3427.png","v":"14b07762027b","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 3427, 118th Congress: Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2023. House: 379 Yea, 20 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 6 Feb 2024."}}