[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 556 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 556

 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, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2005

  Mr. King of New York (for himself, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 LaTourette, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Turner, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-
Balart of Florida, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Serrano, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Garrett 
of New Jersey, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Bass, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
Holden, Mr. Owens, Mr. Wolf, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Baird, 
  Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Issa, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. Inslee, 
    Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Strickland, Mr. 
 Ackerman, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Towns, 
 Mr. Israel, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Bishop of 
 New York, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
Engel, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Dicks, 
Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
Pallone, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Ford, Mr. Brady 
  of Texas, Mr. Platts, Mr. Souder, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mrs. 
Biggert, Mr. Payne, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. 
Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Holt, Mr. Smith of New 
Jersey, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Baker, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Rothman, 
Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Hall, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of 
Florida, Mr. Castle, Mr. Shays, Mr. McGovern, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Allen, 
 Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Ehlers, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, 
   Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Gary G. 
  Miller of California, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Larsen of 
 Washington, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Clay, Ms. 
 Watson, Mr. Langevin, and Ms. DeLauro) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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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, 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. 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
 
Atlanta Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area........        16.82%
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT-RI Consolidated            24.42%
 Metropolitan Statistical Area............................
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Consolidated Metropolitan          25.68%
 Statistical Area.........................................
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Consolidated Metropolitan           21.47%
 Statistical Area.........................................
Cleveland Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area......        17.83%
Columbus Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.......        16.90%
Dallas Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.........        18.51%
Dayton Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.........        15.97%
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Consolidated Metropolitan              22.78%
 Statistical Area.........................................
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Consolidated Metropolitan             25.61%
 Statistical Area.........................................
Hartford, CT Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area...        24.47%
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Consolidated Metropolitan          30.39%
 Statistical Area.........................................
Huntsville Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.....        13.29%
Indianapolis Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area...        13.38%
Kansas City Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area....        14.11%
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA Consolidated              27.25%
 Metropolitan Statistical Area............................
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Consolidated Metropolitan               21.75%
 Statistical Area.........................................
Milwaukee Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area......        17.45%
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Consolidated Metropolitan             20.27%
 Statistical Area.........................................
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA             27.17%
 Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area...............
Orlando, FL Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area....        14.22%
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD                21.03%
 Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area...............
Pittsburgh Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.....        14.89%
Portland-Salem, OR-WA Consolidated Metropolitan                   20.96%
 Statistical Area.........................................
Richmond Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.......        16.46%
Sacramento-Yolo, CA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical         20.77%
 Area.....................................................
San Diego, CA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area..        22.13%
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Consolidated                   32.98%
 Metropolitan Statistical Area............................
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Consolidated Metropolitan            21.18%
 Statistical Area.........................................
St. Louis Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area......        14.69%
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Consolidated                    19.48%
 Metropolitan Statistical Area............................
Rest of United States Consolidated Metropolitan                14.19%''.
 Statistical Area.........................................
 

    (b) Special Rules.--For purposes of the provision of law amended by 
subsection (a)--
            (1) the counties of Providence, Kent, Washington, Bristol, 
        and Newport, RI, the counties of York and Cumberland, ME, and 
        the city of Concord, NH, shall be treated as if located in the 
        Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT-RI Consolidated 
        Metropolitan Statistical Area; and
            (2) members of the Capitol Police shall be considered to be 
        law enforcement officers within the meaning of section 402 of 
        the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990.
    (c) 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.
Subsection (b) shall be applied in a manner consistent with the 
preceding sentence.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY.

    (a) In General.--Section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``5545a,'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``or 5545a''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``or a criminal investigator who is paid availability pay under 
        section 5545a.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of section 1114 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107; 115 
Stat. 1239).
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