[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 886 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 886

    To provide for funding for Federal employee pay adjustments and 
comparability payments through reductions in agency spending on service 
                    contracts for fiscal year 1998.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 1997

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for funding for Federal employee pay adjustments and 
comparability payments through reductions in agency spending on service 
                    contracts for fiscal year 1998.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FUNDING FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAY ADJUSTMENTS AND 
              COMPARABILITY PAYMENTS THROUGH REDUCTIONS IN AGENCY 
              SPENDING FOR SERVICE CONTRACTS.

    (a) In General.--Of the funds provided in appropriation Acts for 
fiscal year 1998 to all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities in 
the executive branch of the Federal Government--
            (1) the total amount otherwise available for purposes of 
        entering into service contracts with private entities is hereby 
        reduced by $5,700,000,000; and
            (2) the total amount otherwise available for purposes of 
        pay schedule adjustments and locality-based comparability 
        payments under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States 
        Code, is hereby increased by such sum.
    (b) Allocation of Amounts.--The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall allocate the reductions and increases 
required by subsection (a) among the appropriate accounts, and shall 
submit to the Congress a report setting forth such allocation.
    (c) Agency Certification.--Each department, agency, and 
instrumentality in the executive branch of the Federal Government shall 
submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, within 
90 days after the end of fiscal year 1998, a certification of 
compliance with subsection (a) in accordance with the allocations made 
pursuant to subsection (b). Not later than 120 days after the end of 
fiscal year 1998, the Director shall submit to the Congress a report 
setting forth the certifications of compliance received by the Director 
under this subsection.
    (d) Service Contracts.--For the purposes of this section the term 
``service contract'' has the meaning given such term in part 37 of 
title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

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