[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 920 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 920

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 20, 2007

  Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) 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 2007''.

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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