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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4880

To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of

1958 to establish new pay rates and compensation schedules for officers

and members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division

and the United States Park Police, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 18, 2000

Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, and Mr. HOYER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

A BILL

To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s

Salary Act of 1958 to establish new pay rates and compensation schedules for officers and members of the

United States Secret Service Uniformed Division and

the United States Park Police, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

4 This act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Law Enforce5 ment Pay Equity Act of 2000’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFORM SALARY SCHEDULE

2 FOR UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE UNI3 FORMED DIVISION AND UNITED STATES

4 PARK POLICE.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501(c)(1) of the District

6 of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (sec.

7 4–416(c)(1), DC Code) is amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(c)(1) The annual rates of basic compensation of of9 ficers and members of the United States Secret Service

10 Uniformed Division and the United States Park Police,

11 serving in classes corresponding or similar to those in the

12 salary schedule in section 101, shall be fixed in accordance

13 with the following schedule of rates:

‘‘Salary class and title Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7

Time between steps 52 weeks 104 weeks

Years in service 123579

1: Private ........................ 32,623 34,587 36,626 38,306 41,001 43,728 45,407

3: Detective ..................... 42,378 44,502 46,620 48,746 50,837

4: Sergeant ...................... 46,151 48,446 50,746 53,056

5: Lieutenant 1 ................ 50,910 53,462 56,545

7: Captain 1 ..................... 59,802 62,799

8: Inspector/Major 1 ........ 69,163 72,760

9: Deputy Chief 1 ............ 79,768 85,158

10: Assistant Chief 2

11: Chief, United States

Secret Service Uniformed Division,

United States Park

Police 3

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 Step 14

Time between steps 104 weeks 156 weeks 208 weeks

Years in service 11 13 15 18 22 26 30

1: Private ........................ 47,107 48,801 50,498 53,448 55,394 57,036 58,746

3: Detective ..................... 52,972 55,086 57,204 61,212 63,337 65,462 67,426

4: Sergeant ...................... 55,372 57,691 59,999 63,558 65,867 68,176 70,221

5: Lieutenant 1 ................ 59,120 61,688 64,258 68,197 70,744 73,290 75,489

7: Captain 1 ..................... 65,797 68,757 71,747 76,292 79,309 82,325 84,796

8: Inspector/Major 1 ........ 76,542 80,524 83,983 87,645 91,827 95,464 99,075

9: Deputy Chief 1 ............ 90,578 95,980 99,968 103,957 107,945 111,933 115,291

10: Assistant Chief 2

11: Chief, United States

Secret Service Uniformed Division,

United States Park

Police 3

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.

1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

2 (1) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS TO PARK PO3 LICE.—Section 501(c) of such Act (sec. 4–416(c),

4 DC Code) is amended—

5 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Treas6 ury’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Treasury,

7 and the annual rates of basic compensation of

8 officers and members of the United States Park

9 Police shall be adjusted by the Secretary of the

10 Interior,’’;

11 (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting after

12 ‘‘Uniformed Division’’ the following: ‘‘or officers

13 and members of the United States Park Po14 lice’’;

15 (C) in paragraph (6)(A), by inserting after

16 ‘‘Uniformed Division’’ the following: ‘‘or the

17 United States Park Police’’; and
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1 (D) in paragraph (7)(A), by inserting after

2 ‘‘Uniformed Division’’ the following: ‘‘or the

3 United States Park Police’’.

4 (2) TERMINATION OF CURRENT ADJUSTMENT

5 AUTHORITY.—Section 501(b) of such Act (sec. 4–

6 416(b), DC Code) is amended by adding at the end

7 the following new paragraph:

8 ‘‘(4) This subsection shall not apply with respect to

9 any pay period for which the salary schedule under sub10 section (c) applies to the United States Park Police.’’.

11 SEC. 3. REVISION OF CAPS ON MAXIMUM COMPENSATION.

12 (a) ANNUAL SALARY UNDER SCHEDULE.—Section

13 501(c)(2) of the District of Columbia Police and Fire14 men’s Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 4–416(c)(2), DC Code)

15 is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting

16 the following: ‘‘, except that in no case may the annual

17 rate of basic compensation for any such officer or member

18 exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the

19 Executive Schedule contained in subchapter II of chapter

20 53 of title 5, United States Code.’’.

21 (b) REPEAL OF CAP ON COMBINED BASIC PAY AND

22 LONGEVITY PAY.—Section 501(c) of such Act (sec. 4–

23 416(c), DC Code) is amended by striking paragraph (4).

24 (c) LIMITATION ON PAY PERIOD EARNINGS FOR

25 COMP TIME.—Section 1(h) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
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1 to provide a five-day week for officers and members of the

2 Metropolitan Police force, the United States Park Police

3 force, and the White House Police force, and for other

4 purposes’’, approved August 15, 1950 (sec. 4–1104(h),

5 DC Code), is amended—

6 (1) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking

7 ‘‘Metropolitan Police force; or of the Fire Depart8 ment of the District of Columbia; or of the United

9 States Park Police’’ each place it appears and in10 serting ‘‘Metropolitan Police force or of the Fire De11 partment of the District of Columbia’’; and

12 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting after ‘‘United

13 States Secret Service Uniformed Division’’ each

14 place it appears the following: ‘‘or of the United

15 States Park Police’’.

16 SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF SERVICE STEP ADJUSTMENTS.

17 (a) METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF ADJUST18 MENTS.—Section 303(a) of the District of Columbia Po19 lice and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 4–412(a), DC

20 Code) is amended—

21 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by

22 ‘‘Each’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in para23 graph (5), each’’; and

24 (2) by adding at the end the following new

25 paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(5) Each officer and member of the United

2 States Secret Service Uniformed Division and the

3 United States Park Police with a current perform4 ance rating of ‘satisfactory’ or better, shall have a

5 service step adjustment in the following manner:

6 ‘‘(A) Each officer and member in service

7 step 1, 2, or 3 shall be advanced in compensa8 tion successively to the next higher service step

9 at the beginning of the 1st pay period imme10 diately subsequent to the completion of 52 cal11 endar weeks of active service in the officer’s or

12 member’s service step.

13 ‘‘(B) Each officer and member in service

14 step 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 shall be advanced in

15 compensation successively to the next higher

16 service step at the beginning of the 1st pay pe17 riod immediately subsequent to the completion

18 of 104 calendar weeks of active service in the

19 officer’s or member’s service step.

20 ‘‘(C) Each officer and member in service

21 step 10 shall be advanced in compensation suc22 cessively to the next higher service step at the

23 beginning of the 1st pay period immediately

24 subsequent to the completion of 156 calendar
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1 weeks of active service in the officer’s or mem2 ber’s service step.

3 ‘‘(D) Each officer and member in service

4 steps 11 or 12, or 13 shall be advanced in com5 pensation successively to the next higher service

6 step at the beginning of the 1st pay period im7 mediately subsequent to the completion of 208

8 calendar weeks of active service in the officer’s

9 or member’s service step.’’.

10 (b) USE OF TOTAL CREDITABLE SERVICE TO DE11 TERMINE STEP PLACEMENT.—Section 304 of such Act

12 (sec. 4–413, DC Code) is amended—

13 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(b)’’ and in14 serting ‘‘(b) or (c)’’; and

15 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub16 section:

17 ‘‘(c)(1) Each officer and member of the United States

18 Secret Service Uniformed Division or the United States

19 Park Police who is promoted or transferred to a higher

20 salary shall receive basic compensation in accordance with

21 the officer’s or member’s total creditable service.

22 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, an officer’s or

23 member’s creditable service is any police service in pay

24 status with the United States Secret Service Uniformed
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1 Division, United States Park Police, or Metropolitan Po2 lice Department. ’’.

3 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 401(a) of

4 such Act (sec. 4–415(a), DC Code) is amended by adding

5 at the end the following new paragraph:

6 ‘‘(4) This subsection shall not apply to officers and

7 members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed

8 Division or the United States Park Police.’’.

9 SEC. 5. CONVERSION TO NEW SALARY SCHEDULE.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—

11 (1) DETERMINATION OF RATES OF BASIC

12 PAY.—Effective on the 1st day of the 1st pay period

13 beginning six months after the date of enactment of

14 this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall fix the

15 rates of basic pay for officers and members of the

16 United States Secret Service Uniformed Division,

17 and the Secretary of the Interior shall fix the rates

18 of basic pay for officers and members of the United

19 States Park Police, in accordance with this sub20 section.

21 (2) PLACEMENT ON REVISED SALARY SCHED22 ULE.—

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each officer and mem24 ber shall be placed in and receive basic com25 pensation at the corresponding scheduled serv-
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1 ice step of the salary schedule under section

2 501(c) of the District of Columbia Police and

3 Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (as amended by

4 section 2(a)) in accordance with the member’s

5 total years of creditable service, receiving credit

6 for all service step adjustments. If the sched7 uled rate of pay for the step to which the officer

8 or member would be assigned in accordance

9 with this paragraph is lower than the officer’s

10 or member’s salary immediately prior to the en11 actment of this paragraph, the officer or mem12 ber will be placed in and receive compensation

13 at the next higher service step.

14 (B) CREDIT FOR INCREASES DURING

15 TRANSITION.—Each member whose position is

16 to be converted to the salary schedule under

17 section 501(b) of the District of Columbia Po18 lice and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (as

19 amended by subsection (a)) and who, prior to

20 the effective date of this section has earned, but

21 has not been credited with, an increase in his

22 or her rate of pay shall be afforded that in23 crease before such member is placed in the cor24 responding service step in the salary schedule

25 under section 501(b).
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1 (C) CREDITABLE SERVICE DESCRIBED.—

2 For purposes of this paragraph, an officer’s or

3 member’s creditable service is any police service

4 in pay status with the United States Secret

5 Service Uniformed Division, United States Park

6 Police, or Metropolitan Police Department.

7 (b) HOLD HARMLESS FOR CURRENT TOTAL COM8 PENSATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

9 if the total rate of compensation for an officer or employee

10 for any pay period occurring after conversion to the salary

11 schedule pursuant to subsection (a) (determined by taking

12 into account any locality-based comparability adjustments,

13 longevity pay, and other adjustments paid in addition to

14 the rate of basic compensation) is less than the officer’s

15 or employee’s total rate of compensation (as so deter16 mined) on the date of enactment, the rate of compensation

17 for the officer or employee for the pay period shall be

18 equal to—

19 (1) the rate of compensation on the date of en20 actment (as so determined); increased by

21 (2) a percentage equal to 50 percent of sum of

22 the percentage adjustments made in the rate of

23 basic compensation under section 501(c) of the Dis24 trict of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of

25 1958 (as amended by subsection (a)) for pay periods
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1 occurring after the date of enactment and prior to

2 the pay period involved.

3 (c) CONVERSION NOT TREATED AS TRANSFER OR

4 PROMOTION.—The conversion of positions and individuals

5 to appropriate classes of the salary schedule under section

6 501(c) of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s

7 Salary Act of 1958 (as amended by section 2(a)) and the

8 initial adjustments of rates of basic pay of those positions

9 and individuals in accordance with subsection (a) shall not

10 be considered to be transfers or promotions within the

11 meaning of section 304 of the District of Columbia Police

12 and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 4–413, DC Code).

13 (d) TRANSFER OF CREDIT FOR SATISFACTORY SERV14 ICE.—Each individual whose position is converted to the

15 salary schedule under section 501(c) of the District of Co16 lumbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (as

17 amended by section 2(a)) in accordance with subsection

18 (a) shall be granted credit for purposes of such individ19 ual’s first service step adjustment under the salary sched20 ule in such section 501(c) for all satisfactory service per21 formed by the individual since the individual’s last in22 crease in basic pay prior to the adjustment under that sec23 tion.

24 (e) ADJUSTMENT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT GEN25 ERAL SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS DURING TRANSITION.—
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1 The rates provided under the salary schedule under sec2 tion 501(c) of the District of Columbia Police and Fire3 men’s Salary Act of 1958 (as amended by section 2(a))

4 shall be increased by the percentage of any annual adjust5 ment applicable to the General Schedule authorized under

6 section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, which takes

7 effect during the period which begins on the date of the

8 enactment of this Act and ends on the date

9 SEC. 6. PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS.

10 (a) TECHNICIAN DUTY.—Section 302 of the District

11 of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (sec.

12 4–411, DC Code) is amended—

13 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$810 per

14 annum’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘$810 per

15 annum, except in the case of an officer or member

16 of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Divi17 sion or the United States Park Police, who shall re18 ceive a per annum amount equal to 6 percent of the

19 sum of such officer’s or member’s rate of basic com20 pensation plus locality pay adjustments’’;

21 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$595 per

22 annum’’ each place it appears and inserting the fol23 lowing: ‘‘$595 per annum, except in the case of an

24 officer or member of the United States Park Police,

25 who shall receive a per annum amount equal to 6
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1 percent of the sum of such officer’s or member’s

2 rate of basic compensation plus locality pay adjust3 ments’’; and

4 (3) in subsection (e), by inserting after ‘‘When5 ever any officer or member’’ the following: ‘‘(other

6 than an officer or member of the United States Se7 cret Service Uniformed Division or the United

8 States Park Police)’’.

9 (b) HELICOPTER PILOT, BOMB DISPOSAL, OR SCUBA

10 DIVING DUTY.—Section 202 of such Act (sec. 4–408, DC

11 Code) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,270 per annum’’ and

12 inserting the following: ‘‘$2,270 per annum, except in the

13 case of an officer or member of the United States Park

14 Police, who shall receive a per annum amount equal to

15 7 percent of the sum of such officer’s or member’s rate

16 of basic compensation plus locality pay adjustments’’.

17 SEC. 7. CONFORMING PROVISIONS RELATING TO FEDERAL

18 LAW ENFORCEMENT PAY REFORM ACT.

19 (a) TERMINATION OF EXISTING SPECIAL SALARY

20 RATES AND ADJUSTMENTS.—Beginning on the effective

21 date of this Act—

22 (1) no existing special salary rates shall be au23 thorized for members of the United States Park Po24 lice under section 5305 of title 5, United States

25 Code (or any previous similar provision of law); and
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1 (2) no special rates of pay or special pay ad2 justments shall be applicable to members of the

3 United States Park Police pursuant to section 405

4 of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of

5 1990.

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section

7 405(b) of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act

8 of 1990 (5 U.S.C. 5303 note) is amended to read as fol9 lows:

10 ‘‘(b) This subsection applies with respect to any—

11 ‘‘(1) special agent within the Diplomatic Secu12 rity Service;

13 ‘‘(2) probation officer (referred to in section

14 3672 of title 18, United States Code); or

15 ‘‘(3) pretrial services officer (referred to in sec16 tion 3153 of title 18, United States Code).’’.

17 (2) Section 405(c) of such Act (5 U.S.C. 5303 note)

18 is amended to read as follows:

19 ‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘appro20 priate agency head’ means—

21 ‘‘(1) with respect to any individual under sub22 section (b)(1), the Secretary of State; or

23 ‘‘(2) with respect to any individual under sub24 section (b)(2) or (b)(3), the Director of the Adminis25 trative Office of the United States Courts.’’.
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1 SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall

3 become effective on the 1st day of the 1st pay period be4 ginning 6 months after the date of enactment.

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