1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Amendments Act of 2018 . 2. Amendments to the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014 (a) Border patrol agent pay (1) In general Section 5550 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting agent after applicable border patrol ; (B) in subsection (b)(1)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking Not later than 30 days before the first day of each year beginning after the date of enactment of this section, a border patrol agent shall make an election whether the border patrol agent shall, for that year, be assigned to and inserting Not later than December 1 of each year, a border patrol agent shall make an election whether the border patrol agent shall, for the next annual period beginning on the first day of the first pay period that commences on or after January 1, be assigned to ; (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking Not later than 60 days before the first day of each year beginning after the date of enactment of this section and inserting in its place Not later than November 1 of each year ; (iii) in subparagraph (D)— (I) by amending clause (iv) to read as follows: (iv) a border patrol agent shall be assigned a basic border patrol rate of pay during the period of initial training (including initial orientation sessions, basic training, and other preparatory activities) prior to the agent’s first regular work assignment; and ; and (II) in clause (v), by striking or the level 2 border patrol rate of pay ; (iv) in subparagraph (E)— (I) in clause (i), by striking or the level 2 border patrol rate of pay ; (II) clause (ii), by striking the analysis conducted under section 2(e) of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014 and inserting in its place a written staffing analysis