[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 40 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 40

Expressing the sense of the Congress that, for fiscal year 2006, rates 
 of 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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2005

  Mr. Hoyer (for himself, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
    Wynn, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
  Ruppersberger, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Waxman, and Mr. 
   Cardin) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that, for fiscal year 2006, rates 
 of 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.

Whereas all members of the uniformed services and all civilian employees of the 
        United States, often working side by side, make significant 
        contributions to the general welfare, defense, and security of the 
        Nation;
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 now exists (1) a 32.13 percent gap between compensation 
        levels of Federal civilian employees and compensation levels of private 
        sector workers, and (2) an estimated 4.4 percent gap between 
        compensation levels of members of the uniformed services and 
        compensation levels 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 by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that, for fiscal year 2006, rates 
of compensation for all 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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