S.Amdt. 748
What it does: Adds SEC. ____. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE ANNUAL LIMITATIONS ON TOTAL COMPENSATION PAID TO CERTAIN FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES wherever appropriate
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 1591
Adds SEC. ____. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE ANNUAL LIMITATIONS ON TOTAL COMPENSATION PAID TO CERTAIN FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. ____. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE ANNUAL LIMITATIONS ON TOTAL COMPENSATION PAID TO CERTAIN FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.
Inserted: (a) Waiver Authority.--For pay earned during calendar years 2006 and 2007 and notwithstanding section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, the head of an executive agency or the head of a military department may waive, subject to subsection (c), the limitation established in that section for total compensation (including limitations on the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay payable in a calendar year) of an employee who performs work while engaged in repair, recovery, restoration, and other authorized actions associated with the destruction caused by natural disasters in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Inserted: (b) Pay Earned in 2006 but Paid in 2007.--With regard to subsection (c), to the extent that a waiver granted under subsection (a) results in additional pay for calendar year 2006 that is paid in calendar year 2007, such additional pay paid in calendar year 2007 shall not be used to compute the total maximum compensation for calendar year 2007.
Inserted: (c) Maximum Total Compensation.--The total compensation of an employee whose pay is covered by a waiver under subsection (a) may not exceed $200,000 in calendar year 2006 and $212,000 in calendar year 2007.
Inserted: (d) Additional Pay Not Considered Basic Pay.--To the extent that a waiver under subsection (a) results in payment of additional premium pay of a type that is normally creditable as basic pay for retirement or any other purpose, such additional pay--
Inserted: (1) shall not be considered to be basic pay for any purpose; and
Inserted: (2) shall not be used in computing a lump sum payment for accumulated and accrued annual leave under section 5551 of title 5, United States Code.
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SA 748. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1591, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ____. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE ANNUAL LIMITATIONS ON TOTAL COMPENSATION PAID TO CERTAIN FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.
(a) Waiver Authority.--For pay earned during calendar years 2006 and 2007 and notwithstanding section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, the head of an executive agency or the head of a military department may waive, subject to subsection (c), the limitation established in that section for total compensation (including limitations on the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay payable in a calendar year) of an employee who performs work while engaged in repair, recovery, restoration, and other authorized actions associated with the destruction caused by natural disasters in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
(b) Pay Earned in 2006 but Paid in 2007.--With regard to subsection (c), to the extent that a waiver granted under subsection (a) results in additional pay for calendar year 2006 that is paid in calendar year 2007, such additional pay paid in calendar year 2007 shall not be used to compute the total maximum compensation for calendar year 2007.
(c) Maximum Total Compensation.--The total compensation of an employee whose pay is covered by a waiver under subsection (a) may not exceed $200,000 in calendar year 2006 and $212,000 in calendar year 2007.
(d) Additional Pay Not Considered Basic Pay.--To the extent that a waiver under subsection (a) results in payment of additional premium pay of a type that is normally creditable as basic pay for retirement or any other purpose, such additional pay--
(1) shall not be considered to be basic pay for any purpose; and
(2) shall not be used in computing a lump sum payment for accumulated and accrued annual leave under section 5551 of title 5, United States Code.
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Senate amendment submitted
March 27, 2007