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H.R. 6318: Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act

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H.R. 6318: Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-11-15 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-11-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act

Plain summary

Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act This bill creates an exception to a limitation on premium pay for U.S. Secret Service personnel performing protective services during any year in which a presidential election is held to the extent that payment of such pay does not cause: (1) the aggregate total of basic and premium pay for any pay period to exceed the biweekly equivalent of the annual salary rate established for level I of the Executive Schedule; or (2) the total basic and premium pay in any calendar year to exceed the annual salary rate established for such level. Such additional premium pay shall not be considered or creditable as basic pay for purposes of retirement or any other purpose and shall not be used in computing payment for accumulated and accrued annual leave. The Director of the Secret Service may act as the head of an agency in applying such annual limitation on premium pay in calendar years in which a presidential election is not held.

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Official text

Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · 16 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Peter Welch (D-VT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr6318 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114