[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2770 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2770

 To amend the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to adjust 
    the percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement 
                  officers in certain high-cost areas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 2002

  Mr. Dodd (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
 Biden, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Durbin, and Mrs. 
   Clinton) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to adjust 
    the percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement 
                  officers in certain high-cost areas.

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

SECTION 1. ADJUSTED DIFFERENTIALS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 404(b) of the Federal Law 
Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 (5 U.S.C. 5305 note) is amended by 
striking the matter after ``follows:'' and inserting the following:

          ``Area                                           Differential
        Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT-RI               24.43% 
            Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Consolidated             25.34% 
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Consolidated              21.21% 
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Consolidated                 23.08% 
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Consolidated                25.28% 
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Hartford, CT Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical      23.78% 
            Area.
        Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Consolidated             31.55% 
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA                 27.19% 
            Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Consolidated Metropolitan     21.79% 
            Statistical Area.
        Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Consolidated                20.21% 
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-     26.44% 
            PA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD      21.14% 
            Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Portland-Salem, OR-WA Consolidated Metropolitan         20.90% 
            Statistical Area.
        Sacramento-Yolo, CA Consolidated Metropolitan           20.41% 
            Statistical Area.
        San Diego, CA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical     22.28% 
            Area.
        San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Consolidated         33.06% 
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Consolidated               20.99% 
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Consolidated        20.01%''.
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)--
            (1) shall take effect as if included in the Federal Law 
        Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 on the date of the enactment 
        of such Act; and
            (2) shall be effective only with respect to pay for service 
        performed in pay periods beginning on or after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
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