Sec. 104. Establishment of special pay rate for asylum officers
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Subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5332 the following: In this section— the term asylum officer has the meaning given such term in section 235(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1) ); the term General Schedule base rate means an annual rate of basic pay established under section 5332 before any additions, such as a locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 or 5304a or a special rate supplement under section 5305; and the term special base rate means an annual rate of basic pay payable to an asylum officer, before any additions or reductions, that replaces the General Schedule base rate otherwise applicable to the asylum officer and that is administered in the same manner as a General Schedule base rate.
Notwithstanding section 5332, an asylum officer is entitled to a special base rate at grades 1 through 15, which shall— replace the otherwise applicable General Schedule base rate for the asylum officer; be basic pay for all purposes, including the purpose of computing a locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 or 5304a; and be computed as described in paragraph
(2)and adjusted at the time of adjustments in the General Schedule. The special base rate for an asylum officer shall be derived by increasing the otherwise applicable General Schedule base rate for the asylum officer by 15 percent for the grade of the asylum officer and rounding the result to the nearest whole dollar. . The table of sections for subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5332 the following: 5332a. Special base rates of pay for asylum officers. . The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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