The House Government Reform Committee has approved a bill
(HR-4057) to clarify that Department of Justice attorneys
are eligible to receive compensatory time off for time spent
in travel status that is not paid, as authorized for federal
employees generally under a law passed last year.
Due to limitations on premium pay for its attorneys, the
Justice Department determined that it does not have the legal
authority to apply the comp-time provision to their attorneys.
The measure states that it was the intent of Congress, in
passing the 2004 law, to provide the authority to all federal
employees, including DOJ attorneys.