[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3784 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3784

 To provide wage parity for certain prevailing rate employees in Rhode 
                                Island.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2006

   Mr. Reed introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide wage parity for certain prevailing rate employees in Rhode 
                                Island.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rhode Island Federal Worker Fairness 
Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. WAGE PARITY FOR CERTAIN PREVAILING RATE EMPLOYEES IN RHODE 
              ISLAND.

    The wage schedules and rates applicable to prevailing rate 
employees (as defined in section 5342 of title 5, United States Code) 
in the Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, wage area shall be the same as 
the wage schedules and rates applicable to prevailing rate employees in 
the Boston, Massachusetts, wage area.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Section 2 shall take effect beginning with the first pay period 
beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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