Sec. 127. Empowering the Department of Justice to investigate cybercrime related to trafficking in persons
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Notwithstanding section 5373 of title 5, United States Code, the Attorney General is authorized to pay an increased rate of basic pay or bonuses to each employee of the Department of Justice holding a position that requires significant cyber skills and that aids in the protection of trafficking victims, prevention of trafficking in persons, and prosecution of buyers and traffickers, as determined by the Attorney General. A covered employee may, as determined appropriate by the Attorney General and subject to the availability of appropriations, be paid— a rate of basic pay determined under subsection (c); or bonuses in accordance with subsection (d).
The rate of basic pay of a covered employee determined under this subsection shall be equal to the rate of basic pay that would be applicable for such covered employee without regard to this section times a multiplier determined under paragraph (2). The multiplier determined under this paragraph shall be between 1 and 1.25 and shall be determined by the Attorney General on a case-by-case basis for each covered employee. The rate of basic pay of a covered employee determined under this subsection may not exceed the rate payable for level I of the Executive Schedule.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, bonuses paid to a covered employee shall be in such amounts and at such frequency as determined appropriate by the Attorney General. No bonus may be paid under this section to a covered employee in a calendar year if, or to the extent that, when added to the total basic pay paid or payable to such covered employee for service performed in such calendar year as a covered employee (including any applicable locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, or similar provision of law and any applicable special rate of pay under section 5305 of such title or similar provision of law), such payment would cause the total to exceed the annual rate of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive Schedule, as of the end of such calendar year.
No part of any bonus paid to a covered employee under this section shall be part of the basic pay of such covered employee. In this section, the term covered employee means an employee described in subsection (a).