; (B) be basic pay for all purposes, including the purpose of computing a locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 or 5304a; and (C) be computed as described in paragraph (2) and adjusted at the time of adjustments in the General Schedule. (2) Computation The special base rate for an asylum officer shall be derived by increasing the otherwise applicable General Schedule base rate for the asylum officer by 15 percent for the grade of the asylum officer and rounding the result to the nearest whole dollar. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5332 the following: 5332a. Special base rates of pay for asylum officers. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 2 Hiring waivers 111. Hiring flexibility (a) In general Section 3 of the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010 ( 6 U.S.C. 221 ) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following new subsections: (b) Waiver authority The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may waive the application of subsection (a)(1) in the following circumstances: (1) In the case of a current, full-time law enforcement officer employed by a State or local law enforcement agency, if such officer— (A) has served as a law enforcement officer for not fewer than three years with no break in service; (B) is authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any violation of law, and has statutory powers for arrest or apprehension