[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1248 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1248

    To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that civilian 
 employees of the Department of Defense performing unsatisfactory work 
    shall not be eligible for annual nationwide adjustments to pay 
                               schedules.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2011

   Mr. West introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that civilian 
 employees of the Department of Defense performing unsatisfactory work 
    shall not be eligible for annual nationwide adjustments to pay 
                               schedules.

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

SECTION 1. DENIAL OF PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an 
adjustment under this section shall not be made in the case of any 
employee of the Department of Defense having an unacceptable 
performance rating.
    ``(2) For purposes of administering any provision of law, rule, or 
regulation which--
            ``(A) provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or 
        any other employee benefit which requires any deduction or 
        contribution,
            ``(B) imposes any requirement or limitation, or
            ``(C) requires any other computation (such as under section 
        5304(c)(1)(B)),
on the basis of a rate of basic pay, the rate of basic pay payable 
after the application of paragraph (1) shall be treated as the rate of 
basic pay for the employee involved.''.
    (b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, may prescribe any 
regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
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