To amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide special overtime pay for certain border patrol agents, and for other purposes.

HR 5538 would amend U.S. Code to provide special overtime pay for U.S. Border Patrol agents at the GS-12 grade. It establishes a 50% premium on their regular hourly rate for specific overtime hours worked (credited through actual performance, canine work, or overtime substitution), calculated as 50% of their basic pay rate. This special payment does not count toward retirement benefits, is not paid during paid leave, and is excluded from lump-sum annual leave calculations. The bill directly affects GS-12 Border Patrol agents by creating a new overtime compensation mechanism for qualifying work hours.