[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4880 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 4880

 To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 
1958 to establish new pay rates and compensation schedules for officers 
and members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division and 
         the United States Park Police, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2000

   Mrs. Morella (for herself, Mr. Davis of Virginia, and Mr. Hoyer) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 
1958 to establish new pay rates and compensation schedules for officers 
and members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division and 
         the United States Park Police, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

    This act may be cited as the ``Federal Law Enforcement Pay Equity 
Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFORM SALARY SCHEDULE FOR UNITED STATES 
              SECRET SERVICE UNIFORMED DIVISION AND UNITED STATES PARK 
              POLICE.

    (a) In General.--Section 501(c)(1) of the District of Columbia 
Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 4-416(c)(1), DC Code) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(c)(1) The annual rates of basic compensation of officers and 
members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division and the 
United States Park Police, serving in classes corresponding or similar 
to those in the salary schedule in section 101, shall be fixed in 
accordance with the following schedule of rates:


 
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      ``Salary class and title         Step 1     Step 2     Step 3     Step 4     Step 5     Step 6     Step 7
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         Time between steps                      52 weeks
                                                      104 weeks
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          Years in service                          1          2          3          5          7          9
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1: Private.........................     32,623     34,587     36,626     38,306     41,001     43,728     45,407
3: Detective.......................                           42,378     44,502     46,620     48,746     50,837
4: Sergeant........................                                      46,151     48,446     50,746     53,056
5: Lieutenant\1\...................                                                 50,910     53,462     56,545
7: Captain\1\......................                                                            59,802     62,799
8: Inspector/Major\1\..............                                                            69,163     72,760
9: Deputy Chief\1\.................                                                            79,768     85,158
10: Assistant Chief\2\
11: Chief, United States Secret
 Service Uniformed Division, United
 States Park Police\3\
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\1\The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 5, 7, 8, and 9 is limited to 95 percent of the rate of
  pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.
\2\The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 10 will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for
  level V of the Executive Schedule.
\3\The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 11 will be equal to the rate of pay for level V of the
  Executive Schedule.


 
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      ``Salary class and title         Step 8     Step 9    Step 10    Step 11    Step 12    Step 13    Step 14
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         Time between steps                104 weeks        156weeks                   208 weeks
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          Years in service               11         13         15         18         22         26         30
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1: Private.........................     47,107     48,801     50,498     53,448     55,394     57,036     58,746
3: Detective.......................     52,972     55,086     57,204     61,212     63,337     65,462     67,426
4: Sergeant........................     55,372     57,691     59,999     63,558     65,867     68,176     70,221
5: Lieutenant\1\...................     59,120     61,688     64,258     68,197     70,744     73,290     75,489
7: Captain\1\......................     65,797     68,757     71,747     76,292     79,309     82,325     84,796
8: Inspector/Major\1\..............     76,542     80,524     83,983     87,645     91,827     95,464     99,075
9: Deputy Chief\1\.................     90,578     95,980     99,968    103,957    107,945    111,933    115,291
10: Assistant Chief\2\
11: Chief, United States Secret
 Service Uniformed Division, United
 States Park Police\3\
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\1\The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 5, 7, 8, and 9 is limited to 95 percent of the rate of
  pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.
\2\The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 10 will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for
  level V of the Executive Schedule.
\3\The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 11 will be equal to the rate of pay for level V of the
  Executive Schedule.

    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Application of provisions to park police.--Section 
        501(c) of such Act (sec. 4-416(c), DC Code) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Treasury'' and 
                inserting the following: ``Treasury, and the annual 
                rates of basic compensation of officers and members of 
                the United States Park Police shall be adjusted by the 
                Secretary of the Interior,'';
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting after 
                ``Uniformed Division'' the following: ``or officers and 
                members of the United States Park Police'';
                    (C) in paragraph (6)(A), by inserting after 
                ``Uniformed Division'' the following: ``or the United 
                States Park Police''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (7)(A), by inserting after 
                ``Uniformed Division'' the following: ``or the United 
                States Park Police''.
            (2) Termination of current adjustment authority.--Section 
        501(b) of such Act (sec. 4-416(b), DC Code) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) This subsection shall not apply with respect to any pay 
period for which the salary schedule under subsection (c) applies to 
the United States Park Police.''.

SEC. 3. REVISION OF CAPS ON MAXIMUM COMPENSATION.

    (a) Annual Salary Under Schedule.--Section 501(c)(2) of the 
District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 4-
416(c)(2), DC Code) is amended by striking the period at the end and 
inserting the following: ``, except that in no case may the annual rate 
of basic compensation for any such officer or member exceed the rate of 
basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule contained in 
subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code.''.
    (b) Repeal of Cap on Combined Basic Pay and Longevity Pay.--Section 
501(c) of such Act (sec. 4-416(c), DC Code) is amended by striking 
paragraph (4).
    (c) Limitation on Pay Period Earnings for Comp Time.--Section 1(h) 
of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide a five-day week for officers 
and members of the Metropolitan Police force, the United States Park 
Police force, and the White House Police force, and for other 
purposes'', approved August 15, 1950 (sec. 4-1104(h), DC Code), is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ``Metropolitan 
        Police force; or of the Fire Department of the District of 
        Columbia; or of the United States Park Police'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``Metropolitan Police force or of the 
        Fire Department of the District of Columbia''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting after ``United States 
        Secret Service Uniformed Division'' each place it appears the 
        following: ``or of the United States Park Police''.

SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF SERVICE STEP ADJUSTMENTS.

    (a) Method for Determination of Adjustments.--Section 303(a) of the 
District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 4-
412(a), DC Code) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by ``Each'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph (5), each''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Each officer and member of the United States Secret 
        Service Uniformed Division and the United States Park Police 
        with a current performance rating of `satisfactory' or better, 
        shall have a service step adjustment in the following manner:
                    ``(A) Each officer and member in service step 1, 2, 
                or 3 shall be advanced in compensation successively to 
                the next higher service step at the beginning of the 
                1st pay period immediately subsequent to the completion 
                of 52 calendar weeks of active service in the officer's 
                or member's service step.
                    ``(B) Each officer and member in service step 4, 5, 
                6, 7, 8, or 9 shall be advanced in compensation 
                successively to the next higher service step at the 
                beginning of the 1st pay period immediately subsequent 
                to the completion of 104 calendar weeks of active 
                service in the officer's or member's service step.
                    ``(C) Each officer and member in service step 10 
                shall be advanced in compensation successively to the 
                next higher service step at the beginning of the 1st 
                pay period immediately subsequent to the completion of 
                156 calendar weeks of active service in the officer's 
                or member's service step.
                    ``(D) Each officer and member in service steps 11 
                or 12, or 13 shall be advanced in compensation 
                successively to the next higher service step at the 
                beginning of the 1st pay period immediately subsequent 
                to the completion of 208 calendar weeks of active 
                service in the officer's or member's service step.''.
    (b) Use of Total Creditable Service To Determine Step Placement.--
Section 304 of such Act (sec. 4-413, DC Code) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(b)'' and inserting 
        ``(b) or (c)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) Each officer and member of the United States Secret 
Service Uniformed Division or the United States Park Police who is 
promoted or transferred to a higher salary shall receive basic 
compensation in accordance with the officer's or member's total 
creditable service.
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, an officer's or member's 
creditable service is any police service in pay status with the United 
States Secret Service Uniformed Division, United States Park Police, or 
Metropolitan Police Department. ''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 401(a) of such Act (sec. 4-
415(a), DC Code) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(4) This subsection shall not apply to officers and members of 
the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division or the United 
States Park Police.''.

SEC. 5. CONVERSION TO NEW SALARY SCHEDULE.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Determination of rates of basic pay.--Effective on the 
        1st day of the 1st pay period beginning six months after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 
        shall fix the rates of basic pay for officers and members of 
        the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, and the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall fix the rates of basic pay for 
        officers and members of the United States Park Police, in 
        accordance with this subsection.
            (2) Placement on revised salary schedule.--
                    (A) In general.--Each officer and member shall be 
                placed in and receive basic compensation at the 
                corresponding scheduled service step of the salary 
                schedule under section 501(c) of the District of 
                Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (as 
                amended by section 2(a)) in accordance with the 
                member's total years of creditable service, receiving 
                credit for all service step adjustments. If the 
                scheduled rate of pay for the step to which the officer 
                or member would be assigned in accordance with this 
                paragraph is lower than the officer's or member's 
                salary immediately prior to the enactment of this 
                paragraph, the officer or member will be placed in and 
                receive compensation at the next higher service step.
                    (B) Credit for increases during transition.--Each 
                member whose position is to be converted to the salary 
                schedule under section 501(b) of the District of 
                Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (as 
                amended by subsection (a)) and who, prior to the 
                effective date of this section has earned, but has not 
                been credited with, an increase in his or her rate of 
                pay shall be afforded that increase before such member 
                is placed in the corresponding service step in the 
                salary schedule under section 501(b).
                    (C) Creditable service described.--For purposes of 
                this paragraph, an officer's or member's creditable 
                service is any police service in pay status with the 
                United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, United 
                States Park Police, or Metropolitan Police Department.
    (b) Hold Harmless for Current Total Compensation.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, if the total rate of compensation for an 
officer or employee for any pay period occurring after conversion to 
the salary schedule pursuant to subsection (a) (determined by taking 
into account any locality-based comparability adjustments, longevity 
pay, and other adjustments paid in addition to the rate of basic 
compensation) is less than the officer's or employee's total rate of 
compensation (as so determined) on the date of enactment, the rate of 
compensation for the officer or employee for the pay period shall be 
equal to--
            (1) the rate of compensation on the date of enactment (as 
        so determined); increased by
            (2) a percentage equal to 50 percent of sum of the 
        percentage adjustments made in the rate of basic compensation 
        under section 501(c) of the District of Columbia Police and 
        Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (as amended by subsection (a)) for 
        pay periods occurring after the date of enactment and prior to 
the pay period involved.
    (c) Conversion Not Treated as Transfer or Promotion.--The 
conversion of positions and individuals to appropriate classes of the 
salary schedule under section 501(c) of the District of Columbia Police 
and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (as amended by section 2(a)) and the 
initial adjustments of rates of basic pay of those positions and 
individuals in accordance with subsection (a) shall not be considered 
to be transfers or promotions within the meaning of section 304 of the 
District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 4-
413, DC Code).
    (d) Transfer of Credit for Satisfactory Service.--Each individual 
whose position is converted to the salary schedule under section 501(c) 
of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (as 
amended by section 2(a)) in accordance with subsection (a) shall be 
granted credit for purposes of such individual's first service step 
adjustment under the salary schedule in such section 501(c) for all 
satisfactory service performed by the individual since the individual's 
last increase in basic pay prior to the adjustment under that section.
    (e) Adjustment To Take Into Account General Schedule Adjustments 
During Transition.--The rates provided under the salary schedule under 
section 501(c) of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary 
Act of 1958 (as amended by section 2(a)) shall be increased by the 
percentage of any annual adjustment applicable to the General Schedule 
authorized under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, which 
takes effect during the period which begins on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ends on the date

SEC. 6. PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS.

    (a) Technician Duty.--Section 302 of the District of Columbia 
Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 4-411, DC Code) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``$810 per annum'' and 
        inserting the following: ``$810 per annum, except in the case 
        of an officer or member of the United States Secret Service 
        Uniformed Division or the United States Park Police, who shall 
        receive a per annum amount equal to 6 percent of the sum of 
        such officer's or member's rate of basic compensation plus 
        locality pay adjustments'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``$595 per annum'' each 
        place it appears and inserting the following: ``$595 per annum, 
        except in the case of an officer or member of the United States 
        Park Police, who shall receive a per annum amount equal to 6 
        percent of the sum of such officer's or member's rate of basic 
        compensation plus locality pay adjustments''; and
            (3) in subsection (e), by inserting after ``Whenever any 
        officer or member'' the following: ``(other than an officer or 
        member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division 
        or the United States Park Police)''.
    (b) Helicopter Pilot, Bomb Disposal, or Scuba Diving Duty.--Section 
202 of such Act (sec. 4-408, DC Code) is amended by striking ``$2,270 
per annum'' and inserting the following: ``$2,270 per annum, except in 
the case of an officer or member of the United States Park Police, who 
shall receive a per annum amount equal to 7 percent of the sum of such 
officer's or member's rate of basic compensation plus locality pay 
adjustments''.

SEC. 7. CONFORMING PROVISIONS RELATING TO FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PAY 
              REFORM ACT.

    (a) Termination of Existing Special Salary Rates and Adjustments.--
Beginning on the effective date of this Act--
            (1) no existing special salary rates shall be authorized 
        for members of the United States Park Police under section 5305 
        of title 5, United States Code (or any previous similar 
        provision of law); and
            (2) no special rates of pay or special pay adjustments 
        shall be applicable to members of the United States Park Police 
        pursuant to section 405 of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay 
        Reform Act of 1990.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 405(b) of the Federal Law 
Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 (5 U.S.C. 5303 note) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(b) This subsection applies with respect to any--
            ``(1) special agent within the Diplomatic Security Service;
            ``(2) probation officer (referred to in section 3672 of 
        title 18, United States Code); or
            ``(3) pretrial services officer (referred to in section 
        3153 of title 18, United States Code).''.
    (2) Section 405(c) of such Act (5 U.S.C. 5303 note) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(c) For purposes of this section, the term `appropriate agency 
head' means--
            ``(1) with respect to any individual under subsection 
        (b)(1), the Secretary of State; or
            ``(2) with respect to any individual under subsection 
        (b)(2) or (b)(3), the Director of the Administrative Office of 
        the United States Courts.''.

SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall become effective 
on the 1st day of the 1st pay period beginning 6 months after the date 
of enactment.
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