Border patrol rate of pay

In this section— Not later than 30 days before the first day of each year beginning after the date of enactment of this section, a border patrol agent shall make an election whether the border patrol agent shall, for that year, be assigned to— Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)— unless the analysis conducted under section 2(e) of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014 indicates that, in order to more adequately fulfill the operational requirements of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, such border patrol agents should be allowed to elect or be assigned to the level 1 border patrol rate of pay or the level 2 border patrol rate of pay, a border patrol agent shall be assigned to the basic border patrol rate of pay if the agent works— For a border patrol agent assigned to provide care for a canine and assigned to the level 1 border patrol rate of pay in accordance with subparagraph (D)(ii)— In this subparagraph, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— For a border patrol agent who is assigned to the level 1 border patrol rate of pay— the border patrol agent shall have a regular tour of duty consisting of 5 workdays per week with— compensation for the hours of regularly scheduled overtime work described in subparagraph (A)(ii) is provided indirectly through the 25 percent supplement within the level 1 border patrol rate of pay, and the border patrol agent may not receive for such hours— if the border patrol agent is absent during scheduled overtime described in subparagraph (A)(ii)— for the purposes of advanced training, the border patrol agent— For a border patrol agent who is assigned to the level 2 border patrol rate of pay— the border patrol agent shall have a regular tour of duty consisting of 5 workdays per week with— compensation for the hours of regularly scheduled overtime work described in subparagraph (A)(ii) is provided indirectly through the 12.5 percent supplement within the level 2 border patrol rate of pay, and the border patrol agent may not receive for such hours— if the border patrol agent is absent during scheduled overtime described in subparagraph (A)(ii)— for the purposes of advanced training, the border patrol agent— For a border patrol agent who is assigned to the basic border patrol rate of pay— A border patrol agent— shall receive premium pay for nightwork in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of section 5545 and Sunday and holiday pay in accordance with section 5546, without regard to the rate of pay to which the border patrol agent is assigned under this section, except that— Any pay in addition to the basic border patrol rate of pay for a border patrol agent resulting from application of the level 1 border patrol rate of pay or the level 2 border patrol rate of pay— subject to paragraph (2), shall be treated as part of basic pay solely for— For a period of leave without pay during the regular time of a border patrol agent (as described in paragraph (2)(A)(i), (3)(A)(i), or (4)(A) of subsection (b)) within a work period, an equal period of work outside the regular time of the border patrol agent, but in the same work period— For a period of absence during scheduled overtime (as described in paragraph (2)(F) or (3)(F) of subsection (b)) within a work period, an equal period of additional work in the same work period— The special overtime payment authorized under paragraph (1)—