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119-hr-8805119th CongressWALLET

ICE FROST Act

Sponsored By: Representative Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]

Introduced

Summary

Supplemental and hazard pay for federal immigration enforcement officers would be created and financed by new surcharges on certain remittance transfers. The bill would authorize lump-sum supplemental payments and let officials designate specific metropolitan areas as hazardous duty zones.

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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Extra pay for immigration officers

This bill would give federal immigration enforcement officers a large annual lump payment. Each covered officer would receive a supplemental payment equal to 25% of their annual basic pay, paid the first day of the first pay period after enactment and each year after. Officers working in designated hazardous duty areas would get an extra 15% of annual basic pay, paid on the first day of the first pay period after the area is designated and each year while designated. Initial listed areas include Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis, New York, San Jose/San Francisco, St. Louis, and Washington. The Director of OPM, with DHS and the Attorney General, could add or remove areas using specified risk criteria and must review designations at least annually. The 25% payment would be added on top of base pay and other pay and would not count toward aggregate compensation under 5 U.S.C. 5307.

Higher remittance transfer fees

This bill would raise the fee on remittance transfers. The fee would equal 1% of the transfer amount plus a specified surcharge when applicable. The surcharge would be $199 if the recipient is located in one of these countries: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, or Yemen. The surcharge would be $99 if the recipient's country has a visa overstay rate over 2 percent under the INA rule. If both rules apply, both surcharges would be added to the fee. The change would apply to transfers made after enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]

FL • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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