[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 172 (Friday, October 1, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6875]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3841. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Ms. Warren) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2792, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. LOCALITY PAY EQUITY.

       (a) Limiting the Number of Local Wage Areas Defined Within 
     a General Schedule Pay Locality.--
       (1) Local wage area limitation.--Section 5343(a) of title 
     5, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ``(but such'' and 
     all that follows through ``are employed)'';
       (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the period after 
     ``Islands'' and inserting ``; and''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) the Office of Personnel Management shall define not 
     more than 1 local wage area within a pay locality, except 
     that this paragraph shall not apply to the pay locality 
     designated as `Rest of United States'.''.
       (2) General schedule pay locality defined.--Section 5342(a) 
     of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period after 
     ``employee'' and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) `pay locality' has the meaning given that term under 
     section 5302.''.
       (b) Regulations.--The Director of the Office of Personnel 
     Management shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry 
     out the purpose of this section, including regulations to 
     ensure that the enactment of this section shall not have the 
     effect of reducing any rate of basic pay payable to any 
     individual who is serving as a prevailing rate employee (as 
     defined under section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States 
     Code).
       (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply on and after the first day of the first full pay 
     period beginning at least 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.

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