[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR550.181]

[Page 510]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 550--PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Premium Pay
 
Sec. 550.181  Coverage.

    (a) Each employee meeting the definition of criminal investigator in 
Sec. 550.103, and fulfilling the conditions and requirements of 5 U.S.C. 
5545a and Secs. 550.181 through 550.186, must receive availability pay 
to compensate the criminal investigator for unscheduled duty in excess 
of the 40-hour workweek based on the needs of the employing agency, 
except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) Any Office of Inspector General that employs fewer than five 
criminal investigators may elect not to cover such criminal 
investigators under the availability pay provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5545a.

[64 FR 4520, Jan. 29, 1999]