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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9928 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9928

To reduce the number of, and shorten the time between, pay grade steps 
  for officers and members of the United States Park Police, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 2024

 Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
             the Committee on Oversight and Accountability

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To reduce the number of, and shorten the time between, pay grade steps 
  for officers and members of the United States Park Police, 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 ``U.S. Park Police Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONDENSING THE SERVICE STEPS FOR UNITED STATES PARK POLICE 
              OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 501(c)(1) of the District of Columbia 
Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 5-545.01(c)(1), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) The annual rates of basic compensation of officers 
        and members of the United States Park Police, serving in 
        classes corresponding or similar to those in the salary 
        schedule in Sec.  5-541.01 shall be fixed in accordance with 
        the following schedule of rates:

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 ``Salary class and title    Step 1   Step 2   Step 3   Step 4   Step 5         Step 6              Step 7
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Time between steps                   52 weeks
                                         104 weeks
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Years in service                  0        1        2        3         5  7                   9
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1: Private                   54,866   58,094   60,773   65,031    69,351  72,019              74,714
1: Private (Technician)      58,158   61,580   64,419   68,933    73,512  76,340              79,197
1: Private (Pilot)           58,707   62,161   65,027   69,583    74,206  77,060              79,944
3: Detective                          67,208   70,574   73,945    77,311  80,628              84,006
4: Sergeant (Line)                             73,204   76,837    80,481  84,152              87,827
4: Sergeant (Detective)                        77,596   81,447    85,310  89,201              93,097
4: Sergeant (Technician)                       77,596   81,447    85,310  89,201              93,097
4: Sergeant (Pilot)                            78,328   82,216    86,115  90,043              93,975
5: Lieutenant1                                          80,744    84,780  89,680              93,761
7: Captain1                                                       94,838  99,599              104,351
8: Inspector/Major1                                              109,680  115,380             121,379
9: Deputy Chief1                                                 126,479  135,044             143,624
10: Assistant Chief2                                                      ..................  ..................
11: Chief, United States                                                  ..................  ..................
 Park Police3
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1The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 5, 7, 8, and 9 is limited to 95 percent of the rate of pay
  for level V of the Executive Schedule.
2The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 10 will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level
  V of the Executive Schedule.
3The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 11 will be equal to the rate of pay for level V of the
  Executive Schedule.

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  ``Salary class and
        title              Step 8          Step 9        Step 10        Step 11        Step 12        Step 13
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Time between steps                              104 weeks
                                 156 weeks
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Years in service       11              13             15             17             19             22
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1: Private             77,400          80,083         84,752         87,858         90,455         93,154
1: Private             82,044          84,888         89,837         93,129         95,882         98,743
 (Technician)
1: Private (Pilot)     82,818          85,689         90,685         94,008         96,787         99,675
3: Detective           87,364          90,719         97,077         100,439        103,820        106,925
4: Sergeant (Line)     91,494          95,153         100,807        104,447        108,124        111,350
4: Sergeant            96,984          100,862        106,855        110,714        114,611        118,031
 (Detective)
4: Sergeant            96,984          100,862        106,855        110,714        114,611        118,031
 (Technician)
4: Sergeant (Pilot)    97,899          101,814        107,863        111,758        115,693        119,145
5: Lieutenant1         97,824          101,893        108,150        112,195        116,231        119,703
7: Captain1            109,032         113,780        120,978        125,758        130,552        134,466
8: Inspector/Major1    127,685         133,163        138,979        145,609        151,384        157,095
9: Deputy Chief1       152,201         158,520        164,840        171,000        171,000        171,000
10: Assistant Chief2   ..............  .............  .............  .............  .............  171,000
11: Chief, United      ..............  .............  .............  .............  .............  180,000
 States Park Police3
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1The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 5, 7, 8, and 9 is limited to 95 percent of the rate of pay
  for level V of the Executive Schedule.
2The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 10 will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level
  V of the Executive Schedule.
3The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 11 will be equal to the rate of pay for level V of the
  Executive Schedule.''.

    (b) Service Step Adjustments.--Section 303(a)(5) of the District of 
Columbia Police and Fireman's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 5-543.03(a)(5), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or 9'' and inserting 
        ``9, 10, or 11'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``10'' and inserting 
        ``12''; and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (D).
    (c) Prior Adjustments Disregarded.--Any adjustments to the annual 
rates of basic compensation of officers or members of the United States 
Park Police under section 501(c)(2) of the District of Columbia Police 
and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 5-545.01(c)(2), D.C. Official 
Code) on or before January 3, 2021, shall be disregarded.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--This section may not be construed as 
limiting or reducing any payment under section 501(c)(3) of the 
District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 5-
545.01(c)(3), D.C. Official Code).
    (e) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period 
beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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