1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Technical Amendments Act of 2018 . 2. Border patrol rate of pay Section 5550 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting agent after applicable border patrol ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) by striking Not later than 30 days before the first day of each year beginning after the date of enactment of this section, and inserting Not later than December 1 of each year, ; and (II) by striking for that year and inserting for the next annual period beginning on the first day of the first pay period that commences on or after January 1 ; (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 Not later than November 1 of each year, ; (iii) in subparagraph (D)— (I) in clause (iii), by inserting due to loss of law enforcement authority after this section ; 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) in clause (ii), by striking the analysis conducted under section 2(e) of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014 and inserting a written staffing analysis by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection ; and (III) by adding at the end the following: (iv) Exclusion of certain employees In applying any percentage limit under clause (i) or (ii) to a base population, U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall exclude from such population any border patrol agent who— (I) is assigned a basic border patrol rate of pay under paragraph (iii) or (iv) of subparagraph (D)