RATE OF OVERTIME PAY FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY EMPLOYEES PERFORMING WORK ABOARD OR DOCKSIDE IN SUPPORT OF THE NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER FORWARD DEPLOYED IN JAPAN.

SEC. 1105. RATE OF OVERTIME PAY FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY EMPLOYEES PERFORMING WORK ABOARD OR DOCKSIDE IN SUPPORT OF THE NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER FORWARD DEPLOYED IN JAPAN.(a) Overtime Pay at Time-and-a-half Rate.—Section 5542(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(6)(A) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), for an employee of the Department of the Navy who is assigned to temporary duty to perform work aboard, or dockside in direct support of, the nuclear aircraft carrier that is forward deployed in Japan and who would be nonexempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act but for the application of the foreign area exemption in section 13(f) of that Act (29 U.S.C. 213(f)), the overtime hourly rate of pay is an amount equal to one and one-half times the hourly rate of basic pay of the employee, and all that amount is premium pay.“(B) Subparagraph (A) shall expire on September 30, 2014.”.(b) Reports.—(1) Secretary of navy report.—Not later than September 30, 2013, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management a report that—(A) describes the use of the authority under paragraph (6) of section 5542(a) of title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), including associated costs, and including an evaluation of the extent to which exercise 124 STAT. 4384 of the authority helped the Navy in meeting its mission; and(B) provides a recommendation on whether an extension of the provisions of that paragraph is needed.(2) Report to congress.—Not later than March 31, 2014, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Oversight and Governmental Reform of the House of Representatives a report that—(A) addresses the use of paragraph (6) of section 5542(a) of title 5, United States Code, as so added, including associated costs, and including an evaluation of the extent to which exercise of the authority helped the Navy in meeting its mission;(B) describes the extent to which other employees experience the same circumstances as were experienced by those described in that paragraph before its enactment;(C) provides an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages that would be anticipated from extending the expiration date of the authority under that paragraph, and from expanding the authority under that paragraph to include other employees; and(D) conveys the report of the Secretary of the Navy referred to in paragraph (1).