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5 U.S.C. § 5550a — Compensatory time off for religious observances
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**(a)** Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations providing for work schedules under which an employee whose personal religious beliefs require the abstention from work during certain periods of time, may elect to engage in overtime work for time lost for meeting those religious requirements. Any employee who so elects such overtime work shall be granted equal compensatory time off from his scheduled tour of duty (in lieu of overtime pay) for such religious reasons, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
**(b)** In the case of any agency described in subparagraphs (C) through (G) of [section 5541(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5541/1&num=0&edition=prelim), the head of such agency (in lieu of the Office) shall prescribe the regulations referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
**(c)** Regulations under this section may provide for such exceptions as may be necessary to efficiently carry out the mission of the agency or agencies involved.
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**(a)** Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations providing for work schedules under which an employee whose personal religious beliefs require the abstention from work during certain periods of time, may elect to engage in overtime work for time lost for meeting those religious requirements. Any employee who so elects such overtime work shall be granted equal compensatory time off from his scheduled tour of duty (in lieu of overtime pay) for such religious reasons, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
**(b)** In the case of any agency described in subparagraphs (C) through (G) of [section 5541(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5541/1&num=0&edition=prelim), the head of such agency (in lieu of the Office) shall prescribe the regulations referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
**(c)** Regulations under this section may provide for such exceptions as may be necessary to efficiently carry out the mission of the agency or agencies involved.
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section, “agency” means an Executive agency, but does not include—
(1) a Government controlled corporation;
(2) the Tennessee Valley Authority;
(3) the Virgin Islands Corporation;
(4) the Atomic Energy Commission;
(5) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(6) the Panama Canal Commission; or
(7) the National Security Agency, Department of Defense.
**(b)** Under regulations prescribed and administered by the President, each agency shall review systematically the operations of each of its activities, functions, or organization units, on a continuing basis.
**(c)** The purpose of the reviews includes—
(1) determining the degree of efficiency and economy in the operation of the agency’s activities, functions, or organization units;
(2) identifying the units that are outstanding in those respects; and
(3) identifying the employees whose personal efforts have caused their units to be outstanding in efficiency and economy of operations.
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**(a)**
(1) For the purpose of this subsection, “employee” includes an employee of the government of the District of Columbia and an employee whose pay is fixed and adjusted from time to time under section 5343 or 5349 of this title, or by a wage board or similar administrative authority serving the same purpose, but does not include an employee or individual excluded from the definition of employee in [section 5541(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5541/2&num=0&edition=prelim), except as specifically provided under this paragraph.
(2) The head of each Executive agency, military department, and of the government of the District of Columbia shall—
(A) establish a basic administrative workweek of 40 hours for each full-time employee in his organization; and
(B) require that the hours of work within that workweek be performed within a period of not more than 6 of any 7 consecutive days.
(3) Except when the head of an Executive agency, a military department, or of the government of the District of Columbia determines that his organization would be seriously handicapped in carrying out its functions or that costs would be substantially increased, he shall provide, with respect to each employee in his organization, that—
(A) assignments to tours of duty are scheduled in advance over periods of not less than 1 week;
(B) the basic 40-hour workweek is scheduled on 5 days, Monday through Friday when possible, and the 2 days outside the basic workweek are consecutive;
(C) the working hours in each day in the basic workweek are the same;
(D) the basic nonovertime workday may not exceed 8 hours;
(E) the occurrence of holidays may not affect the designation of the basic workweek; and
(F) breaks in w
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 5550a
(4) INSUFFICIENT HOURS.—If a border patrol
agent has a remaining hours obligation of
scheduled overtime after applying paragraphs
(2) and (3), any additional work in subsequent
work periods that would otherwise be credited
under section 5542(g) shall be applied towards
the hours obligation until that obligation is
satisfied.
(g) AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE OVERTIME WORK.—
Nothing in this section shall be construed to
limit the authority of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to require a border patrol agent to
perform hours of overtime work in accordance
with the needs of U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection, including if needed in the event of a
local or national emergency.
(h) SPECIAL OVERTIME PAY FOR GS–12 BORDER
PATROL AGENTS.—
(1)
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
para-
graphs (1)(F), (2)(C), and (3)(C) of subsection
(b), a border patrol agent encumbering a posi-
tion at grade GS–12 shall receive a special
overtime payment under this subsection for
hours of regularly scheduled work described in
paragraph (2)(A)(ii) or (3)(A)(ii) of subsection
(b), as applicable, that are credited to the
agent through actual performance of work,
crediting under rules for canine agents under
subsection (b)(1)(F), or substitution of over-
time hours in the same work period under sub-
section (f)(2)(A), except that no such payment
may be made for periods of absence resulting
in an hours obligation under paragraph (3) or
(4) of subsection (f).
(2) COMPUTATION.—The special overtime pay-
ment authorized under paragraph (1) shall be
computed by multiplying the credited hours
by 50 percent of the border patrol agent’s
hourly rate of basic pay, rounded to the near-
est cent.
(3) LIMITATIONS.—The special overtim
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