Commandant
(G-PC-4)
United States Coast Guard
Washington, DC 20593-0001
(202) 267-1705
COMDTINST 12550.3C
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 12550.3C
Subj: Special Overtime Pay and Reimbursable Charges for Vessel
Documentation Specialists and Marine Inspectors
1.
PURPOSE. This instruction sets forth Coast Guard policy and provides procedural instructions for
paying special overtime rates to employees performing vessel documentation and marine inspection
functions for commercial functions.
2.
DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. Commandant Instruction 12550.3B is cancelled.
3.
DISCUSSION.
a.
Employees who perform vessel documentation or marine inspection overtime work, Sunday or
holiday service, hereafter referred to as overtime service, for the convenience of and upon
request by private parties, are compensated for such service at different and higher rates than the
rates established for Federal employees by Sections 5541 through 5548, Title 5, United States
Code (USC). The cost of overtime is billed to and collected from the parties of interest.
b.
Statutory authority for nonstandard rates for performing the overtime service is contained in Title
46 USC 2111. The special overtime rates, and procedures for compensation and reimbursement,
are provided in this instruction.
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