(a) Coverage. Any regularly scheduled overtime hours outside an agent's regular tour of duty, as specified in §550.1623, are covered by this section, except that such hours are excluded from coverage under this section when required by the superseding provisions in §550.1626.

(b) Rates. Agents receive overtime pay at the rates specified under 5 U.S.C. 5542(a) and §550.113 for regularly scheduled overtime hours covered by paragraph (a) of this section, subject to the premium pay limitation established under 5 U.S.C. 5547 and §§550.105 and 550.107. An agent's rate of basic pay (without any overtime supplement) is used in computing overtime pay for such hours.

(c) Avoiding additional regularly scheduled overtime.

(1) As required by section 2(c)(2) of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-277), CBP must, to the maximum extent practicable, avoid the use of regularly scheduled overtime work by agents outside of the regular tour of duty.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (c)(1) of this section, CBP may allow use of regularly scheduled overtime work outside an agent's regular tour of duty if an agent volunteers to perform such overtime (e.g., to reduce an overtime hours debt).