Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 121.djvu/2251

 121 STAT. 2230

PUBLIC LAW 110–161—DEC. 26, 2007

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(A) NONREDUCTION IN PAY, RANK, OR GRADE.—The transfer of any individual under this subsection shall not cause that individual to be separated or reduced in basic pay, rank or grade. (B) LEAVE AND COMPENSATORY TIME.—Any annual leave, sick leave, or other leave, or compensatory time, to the credit of an individual transferred under this subsection shall be transferred to the credit of that individual as a member or an employee of the Capitol Police (as the case may be). The treatment of leave or compensatory time transferred under this subsection shall be governed by regulations of the Capitol Police Board. (C) PROHIBITING IMPOSITION OF PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—The Chief of the Capitol Police may not impose a period of probation on any individual who is transferred under this section. (5) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION.— (A) EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize any labor organization that represented an individual who was a Library of Congress police employee or a Library of Congress police civilian employee before the individual’s transfer date to represent that individual as a member of the Capitol Police or an employee of the Capitol Police after the individual’s transfer date. (B) AGREEMENTS NOT APPLICABLE.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize any collective bargaining agreement (or any related court order, stipulated agreement, or agreement to the terms or conditions of employment) applicable to Library of Congress police employees or to Library of Congress police civilian employees to apply to members of the Capitol Police or to civilian employees of the Capitol Police. (6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO PERSONNEL AUTHORITY OF THE CHIEF OF THE CAPITOL POLICE.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the authority of the Chief of the Capitol Police to— (A) terminate the employment of a member of the Capitol Police or a civilian employee of the Capitol Police; or (B) transfer any individual serving as a member of the Capitol Police or a civilian employee of the Capitol Police to another position with the Capitol Police. (7) TRANSFER DATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘transfer date’’ means, with respect to an employee— (A) in the case of a Library of Congress Police employee who becomes a member of the Capitol Police, the first day of the first pay period applicable to members of the United States Capitol Police which begins after the date on which the Chief of the Capitol Police issues the written certification for the employee under paragraph (2)(A); (B) in the case of a Library of Congress Police employee who becomes a civilian employee of the Capitol Police, the first day of the first pay period applicable to employees of the United States Capitol Police which begins after September 30, 2009; or

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