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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Locality Pay Equity Act of 2019</strong></p> <p>This bill (1) prohibits the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate employees within a pay locality, except with respect to the pay locality designated as <i>Rest of United States</i>; and (2) requires the OPM to ensure that this bill shall not have the effect of reducing the rate of basic pay for an individual serving as a prevailing rate employee.</p>]]></text>
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