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BPAPRA Comp & Debt Balances

BPAPRA Comp & Debt Balances is Program 10 on the TINQ menu. The Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014 (BPAPRA) program is for U.S. Customs & Border Protection Agencies only. It is used to allow changes to leave transactions and balances for BPAPRA Compensatory Time and BPAPRA Obligated Overtime Debt.

To Use the BPAPRA Comp & Debt Balances:

  1. To select this program, at the TINQ menu, enter 10 at the Please Enter Selection prompt.
  2. Press Enter. The BPAPRA Comp Leave & Debt Balance screen is displayed.

    BPAPRA Comp Leave & Debt Balance Screen

  3. To view, modify, or add a record, complete the SSN field.

    Field

    Instruction

    SSN

    Type the employee's Social Security number.

     

  4. Press Enter. The BPAPRA Comp Leave & Debt Balance record for the Social Security number entered is displayed.
  5. Complete the Agency field.

    Field

    Instruction/Description

    Agency

    System-generated Agency code. If the employee has a dual appointment and the Agency displayed is not the applicable one, enter the Agency code of the record you want to query or modify.

     

  6. Press Enter. The data changes to the selected Agency data.
  7. Complete the fields as follows:

    Field

    Instruction/Description

    Screen Opt

    System-generated program number 10. Complete this field with the next program desired after all changes and/or additions are made.

    Last Update By

    Identification number of the last person to update the leave data.

     

  8. To modify or add a record, complete the applicable fields as follows:

    Field

    Instruction/Description

    BPAPRA-Obl-Debt

    Number of hours used from BPAPRA compensatory time earned to repay the balance of obligated overtime debt.

    BPAPRA-Comp-Bal

    Balance of BPAPRA compensatory hours.

    BPAPRA-Comp-Earned-YTD

    Number of hours worked in excess of the base 80 hours and BPAPRA Within Tour Overtime approved by management but not scheduled in advance of the pay period.

     

  9. To enter or adjust a rate record, complete the fields as follows:

    Field

    Description/Instruction

    Yr

    Last two digits of the year for the entry of adjustments. The year must be the current year or up to 2 years prior.

    Type the current year in this field to add/change the data in the BPAPRA-Obl-Debt, BPAPRA-Comp-Bal, and BPAPRA-Comp-Earned YTD fields.

    Note: Once a rate record has been established, the Yr field cannot be changed. If the year is erroneously entered, zero out the hours and reenter the entire record.

    PP

    Pay Period in which the compensatory time was earned.

    Rate

    Premium rate (with a decimal point to separate dollars and cents) at which the compensatory time was earned.

    Note: With the exception of Pay Period 01, only two rate records per pay period can be earned.

    Hours

    Number of compensatory leave hours earned, used, or forfeited for the pay period including a decimal point for fractions of an hour.

    Note: With the exception of Pay Period 01, the maximum number of hours that can be entered per pay period is 256.

    Ind

    Reserved for future use.

     

  10. After entering the data, press Enter. The Last Update By field displays the identification number of the last person to update the leave data.
    • All rate records with 0 hours are purged each time PAYE runs.
    • The total hours shown in the Rate Records section must equal the applicable balance field. If the hours are not equal to the applicable balance field, an edit message will appear.
  11. To access another record, press PF5 and complete the SSN field.
  12. Press Enter.
  13. To scroll backward, press PF7.
  14. To scroll forward, press PF8.
  15. To access another program, enter the program number in the Screen Opt field.
  16. Press Enter.

See Also

TINQ Menu

Annual & Sick Leave

Leave Sharing Program

Comp Leave & Comp-Oth-Rt

Compensatory Leave Adjustments

Home Shore Leave

Annual Leave Restored

Time-Off Awards

Audit Trail of Leave Updates