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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 5399
To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the number of local wage
areas allowable within a General Schedule pay locality.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 11, 2019
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. COLE, and Ms. BROWNLEY of California)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Oversight and Reform
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the number
of local wage areas allowable within a General Schedule
pay locality.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Locality Pay Equity
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Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. LIMITING THE NUMBER OF LOCAL WAGE AREAS DE-
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FINED WITHIN A GENERAL SCHEDULE PAY
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LOCALITY.
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(a) LOCAL
WAGE
AREA
LIMITATION.—Section
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5343(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘(but
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such’’ and all that follows through ‘‘are employed)’’;
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(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ after
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the semicolon;
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(3) in paragraph (5), by striking the period
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after ‘‘Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(4) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(6) the Office of Personnel Management shall
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define not more than 1 local wage area within a pay
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locality, except that this paragraph shall not apply
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to the pay locality designated as ‘Rest of United
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States’.’’.
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(b) GENERAL
SCHEDULE
PAY
LOCALITY
DE-
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FINED.—Section 5342(a) of title 5, United States Code,
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is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘and’’
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after the semicolon;
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(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period
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after ‘‘employee’’ and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(4) ‘pay locality’ has the meaning given that
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term under section 5302.’’.
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SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.
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The Director of the Office of Personnel Management
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shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out the
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purpose of this Act, including regulations to ensure that
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the enactment of this Act shall not have the effect of re-
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ducing any rate of basic pay payable to any individual who
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is serving as a prevailing rate employee (as defined under
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section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code).
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SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY.
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The amendments made by this Act shall apply on and
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after the first day of the first full pay period beginning
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at least 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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