[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 581 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 581

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding rates of 
   compensation for civilian employees and members of the uniformed 
                     services of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2004

Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Moran 
 of Virginia, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Davis of 
 Illinois, Mr. LaTourette, Mrs. Capito, Mr. McHugh, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. 
Platts, Ms. Norton, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Turner of 
   Ohio, Mr. Cole, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
 Quinn, Mr. Gilchrest, and Mr. Ruppersberger) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 
and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding rates of 
   compensation for civilian employees and members of the uniformed 
                     services of the United States.

Whereas civilian employees and members of the uniformed services of the United 
        States provide critical services and protection for our citizens and 
        taxpayers, and make many other significant contributions to the general 
        welfare of the Nation;
Whereas the ability of the Federal Government to provide a competitive salary 
        plays a critical role in its ability to recruit and retain individuals 
        possessing the skills necessary to provide government services 
        effectively and efficiently to the American people;
Whereas the current pay system hampers the ability of the Federal Government to 
        achieve the goals referred to in the preceding clause;
Whereas the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990, commonly referred 
        to as ``FEPCA'', sought to achieve comparability between Federal and 
        non-Federal pay rates through annual pay adjustments based on changes in 
        private-sector wages and salaries;
Whereas increases in the pay of members of the uniformed services and of 
        civilian employees of the United States have not kept pace with 
        increases in the overall pay levels of workers in the private sector, so 
        that there currently exists an estimated 32 percent gap between 
        compensation levels of Federal civilian employees and those of private 
        sector workers, and an estimated 5.7 percent gap between compensation 
        levels of members of the uniformed services and those of private sector 
        workers; and
Whereas, in almost every year during the past two decades, there have been equal 
        adjustments in the compensation of members of the uniformed services and 
        the compensation of civilian employees of the United States: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) compensation for civilian employees and members of the 
        uniformed services of the United States must be sufficient to 
        support our critical efforts to recruit, retain, and reward 
        quality people in Government service; and
            (2) to help achieve this objective, in fiscal year 2005, 
        compensation for civilian employees of the United States should 
        be adjusted at the same time, and in the same proportion, as 
        are rates of compensation for members of the uniformed 
        services.
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