[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 134 (Tuesday, August 8, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E759]
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INTRODUCTION OF THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAY COMPRESSION RELIEF ACT OF 2023

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 8, 2023

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, today, I introduce the Federal Employee Pay 
Compression Relief Act of 2023, which would allow federal employees who 
reach the pay cap in their pay system to receive the base and locality 
pay adjustments they would otherwise be entitled to. Currently, federal 
employees who reach the pay cap do not receive such adjustments.
  This bill would allow many of the longest-serving federal employees, 
District of Columbia residents among them, to receive the pay 
adjustments they would otherwise be entitled to but for the pay cap. 
This bill would help the federal government hire and retain the most 
qualified individuals.
  I urge my colleagues to support this important bill.

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