ON-CALL PAY.

SEC. 213. ON-CALL PAY. Section 4107 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(j) (1) The Administrator may pay an employee to whom this subsection applies pay at the rate provided in subsection (e)(8) of this section except for such time as the employee may be called back to work. “(2) This subsection applies to an employee who meets each of the following criteria: “(A) The employee is employed in a position listed in paragraph (3) of section 4104 of this title or meets the criteria specified in subclauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subsection (g)(1)(B) of this section. “(B) The employee is employed in a work unit for which on-call premium pay is authorized. “(C) The employee is officially scheduled to be on call outside such employee’s regular hours or on a holiday designated by Federal statute or Executive order. “(3) An employee who is eligible for on-call pay under paragraph (1) of this subsection and who was receiving standby premium pay pursuant to section 5545 of title 5 on the date of the enactment of this subsection shall, as long as such employee is employed in the same position and work unit and remains eligible for such standby pay, receive pay for any period of on-call duty at the rate equal to the greater of (A) the rate of pay which such employee would receive if being paid the rate of standby pay pursuant to such section that such individual would be entitled to receive if such individual were not scheduled to be on call instead, or (B) the rate of pay which such employee is entitled to receive including on-call premium pay described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.”.