5 U.S.C. § 5547
Limitation on premium pay
United States · Title 5 — GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · Status: effective
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- 5 U.S.C. § 5547, Limitation on premium pay, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/427043
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An employee may be paid premium pay under sections 5542, 5545(a), (b), and (c), 5545a, 5545c, 5546(a) and (b), and 5550 only to the extent that the payment does not cause the aggregate of basic pay and such premium pay for any pay period for such employee to exceed the greater of—
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no employee referred to in such paragraph may be paid premium pay under the provisions of law cited in subsection (a) if, or to the extent that, the aggregate of the basic pay and premium pay under those provisions for such employee would, in any calendar year, exceed the greater of—
Subject to regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management, the head of an agency may determine that subsection (a) shall not apply to an employee who is paid premium pay to perform work that is critical to the mission of the agency. Such employees may be paid premium pay under the provisions of law cited in subsection (a) if, or to the extent that, the aggregate of the basic pay and premium pay under those provisions for such employee would not, in any calendar year, exceed the greater of—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991
- Technical and Miscellaneous Civil Service Amendments Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1995
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002
- Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025