[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2790 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2790

   To provide for pay parity for civilian employees serving at joint 
            military installations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2015

   Mr. Smith of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for pay parity for civilian employees serving at joint 
            military installations, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Joint Base Pay Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. PAY PARITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AT 
              JOINT BASES.

    (a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``pay locality'' or ``locality'' has the 
        meaning given that term by section 5302 of title 5, United 
        States Code; and
            (2) the term ``locality pay'' refers to any amount payable 
        under section 5304 or 5304a of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Pay Parity at Joint Bases.--Whenever 2 or more military 
installations are reorganized or otherwise associated as a single joint 
military installation, but the constituent installations are not all 
located within the same pay locality, all employees of the respective 
installations constituting the joint installation (who are otherwise 
entitled to locality pay) shall receive locality pay at a uniform 
percentage equal to the percentage which is payable with respect to the 
locality which includes the constituent installation then receiving the 
highest locality pay (expressed as a percentage).
    (c) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management shall 
prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
    (d) Effective Date; Applicability.--
            (1) Effective date.--This section shall be effective with 
        respect to pay periods beginning on or after such date (not 
        later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act) as 
        the Secretary of Defense shall determine in consultation with 
        the Office of Personnel Management.
            (2) Applicability.--This section shall apply to joint 
        military installations, whether so constituted before, on, or 
        after the date of enactment of this Act.
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