[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 1 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 1

   Expressing the sense of Congress that there should continue to be 
 parity between the adjustments in the compensation of members of the 
uniformed services and the adjustments in the compensation of civilian 
                    employees of the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 9, 2003

Mr. Sarbanes (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. 
 Murray, Mr. Levin, Mr. Warner, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, 
Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Lieberman) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of Congress that there should continue to be 
 parity between the adjustments in the compensation of members of the 
uniformed services and the adjustments in the compensation of civilian 
                    employees of the United States.

Whereas members of the uniformed services of the United States and civilian 
        employees of the United States make significant contributions to the 
        general welfare of the United States and are on the front lines in the 
        fight against terrorism;
Whereas civilian employees of the United States play a crucial role in the fight 
        against terrorism, as exemplified by the civilian employees of the new 
        Department of Homeland Security who are working to ensure the security 
        of the United States, the civilian employees of the Central Intelligence 
        Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation who are investigating the 
        September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and working to prevent further 
        terrorist attacks, the numerous civilian employees of the Federal 
        Government who participated in disaster response teams after such 
        attacks, and the civilian employees of the Transportation Security 
        Agency who are working to make our skies safer;
Whereas civilian employees of the United States will continue to support and 
        defend the United States during this difficult time;
Whereas for fiscal year 2003 the Administration granted a 4.1 percent pay raise 
        for members of the uniformed services but only a 3.1 percent pay raise 
        for the dedicated civilian employees of the United States, a disparity 
        in adjustments that violates the traditional principle of parity of pay 
        adjustments; and
Whereas this disparity in pay adjustments goes against the longstanding policy 
        of parity for all those who have chosen to serve the United States: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that there should continue to be 
parity between the adjustments in the compensation of members of the 
uniformed services and the adjustments in the compensation of civilian 
employees of the United States.
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