Time Inquiry Leave Update System (TINQ)

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.

   

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.