19 U.S.C. § 267 — Overtime and premium pay for customs officers

(a) Overtime pay. (1) A customs officer assigned to work over 40 hours in a week, or over 8 hours in a day, earns twice their normal hourly pay rate for that extra work — not counting any premium pay under subsection (b). (2) Special callback rules apply when an officer is called back to work: (A) Any callback work counts as lasting at least 2 hours, but only if it starts at least 1 hour after the officer's last shift ended and finishes at least 1 hour before the next shift begins. (B) The officer also gets paid for commuting time — 3 times their basic hourly rate — on top of the callback pay, unless the callback work starts within 16 hours of the officer's last shift or within 2 hours of the officer's next shift; in those cases, no commuting pay is owed. (b) Premium pay for customs officers. (1) Night work differential: officers whose regular shift falls mostly between 3 p.m. and midnight get 15 percent extra pay for that time; officers whose regular shift falls mostly between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. get 20 percent extra; officers on a 7:30 p.m.-to-3:30 a.m. shift get 15 percent extra from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. and 20 percent extra from 11:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. (These do not apply to work already covered by paragraph (2) or (3).) (2) Sunday differential: officers who work a regularly scheduled non-holiday Sunday get 50 percent extra pay. (3) Holiday differential: officers who work a regularly scheduled holiday get 100 percent extra pay. (4) None of this premium pay counts as overtime pay or as compensation for any other purpose. (c) Limitations. (1) In any fiscal year, an officer's combined overtime pay (including commuting pay) and premium pay cannot exceed $25,000 — though the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (or a designee) can waive this cap case by case, to avoid excessive costs or meet an emergency. (2) An officer who is paid overtime or premium pay under this section for particular work cannot also be paid for that same work under any other law. (d) Regulations. The Secretary of the Treasury must write regulations to stop two things: (1) misuse of callback work assignments and commuting-time pay, and (2) giving overtime disproportionately often to officers who are close to retirement. (e) Definitions. (1) "Customs officer" means someone performing the duties the Secretary of the Treasury has defined by regulation for a customs inspector or canine enforcement officer, consistent with Office of Personnel Management standards. (2) "Holiday" means any day made a holiday by federal statute or Executive order.