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    <item congress="118" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2837" measure-id="id118hr2837" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2023-04-25" update-date="2024-06-21">
        <title>Border Patrol Pay Parity Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118hr2837v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2024-06-21">
            <action-date>2023-04-25</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Border Patrol Pay Parity Act</strong></p><p>This bill increases pay rates for U.S. Border Patrol agents.</p><p>The bill specifies that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must increase the minimum rate of pay for GS-12 Border Patrol agents by at least 14%. It also directs OPM to increase pay rates for other grades, levels, occupational groups, or similar classifications as specified by the Department of Homeland Security.&nbsp;</p><p>The increases must be made on or before January 1, 2024.&nbsp;</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->]]></summary-text>
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