,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcfg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #h1  
#bjae ,mr4 ,mc,cain introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for hardship duty
 pay for border patrol agents and       
customs and border protection officers  
assigned to highly-trafficked rural     
areas4  #a4 ,hardship duty pay for      
border patrol agents and customs and    
border protection officers  7a7 ,in     
general ,subchapter ,v of chapter #ee of
 title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #eeej;c4 ,hardship duty pay 
for border patrol agents and customs and
 border protection officers  7a7        
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term border patrol agent has the       
meaning given that term in section      
#eeej2  7#b7 the term customs and border
 protection officer means-- 7,a7 a      

customs and border protection officer1  
as defined in section #hcca2 and  7,b7 a
 customs and border protection officer1 
as defined in section #hdja2 and  7#c7  
the term highly-trafficked rural area   
means any rural area through which      
illicit narcotics and undocumented      
aliens are routinely smuggled1 as       
designated by the ,commissioner of      
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection4
  7b7 ,hardship pay ,in addition to any 
other compensation to which a border    
patrol agent or customs and border      
protection officer is otherwise         
entitled1 a border patrol agent or      
customs and border protection officer   
who is assigned to highly-trafficked    
rural areas shall be entitled to receive
 hardship duty pay4  7c7 ,establishment 
of rate ,the ,commissioner of ,u4,s4    
,customs and ,border ,protection shall  
establish the rate of hardship duty pay 
for purposes of subsection 7b71 which   
may not exceed the rate of special pay  
to which members of a uniformed service 

are entitled under section #caj of title
 #cg4  4  7b7 ,technical and conforming 
amendments  7#a7 ,section #eeej7;c77#b7 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is  
amended by striking or section #eedb7;g7
 and inserting 1 section #eedb7;g71 or  
section #eeej;c4  7#b7 ,the table of    
sections for subchapter ,v of chapter   
#ee of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  #eeej;c4 ,hardship duty pay 
for border patrol agents and customs and
 border protection officers4  4