Bill would create new Border Patrol pay system

Federal Times: Some 21,000 Border Patrol agents would get a new three-tier pay system under bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday.

The bill, sponsored by Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and John McCain, R-Ariz., would let agents choose each year among three options: working 100 hours per two-week pay period, including 20 hours of overtime; 90 hours per pay period with 10 hours overtime; or a straight 80 hours with no overtime. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, has introduced the same bill in the House.

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