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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 984

To provide an 8-percent interim geographic pay increase for certain Federal

employees, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 18, 1993

Mr. MACHTLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

A BILL

To provide an 8-percent interim geographic pay increase

for certain Federal employees, 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. PAY INCREASE UNDER SECTION 302 OF FEPCA.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective as of the first applicable

5 pay period beginning on or after the date of the enactment

6 of this Act—

7 (1) pay for employees described in subsection

8 (b) shall be determined as if the President had pro9 vided for an 8 percent increase with respect to such

10 employees under section 302 of the Federal Employ-
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1 ees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 (hereinafter in

2 this Act referred to as ‘‘FEPCA’’); and

3 (2) each of the metropolitan statistical areas

4 named in subsection (b) shall, for purposes of this

5 section, be considered to constitute an ‘‘area’’ within

6 the meaning of such section 302.

7 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The pay increase provided by

8 subsection (a) applies with respect to any General Sched9 ule employee (including an employee covered by the per10 formance management and recognition system under

11 chapter 54 of title 5, United States Code) whose duty sta12 tion is within—

13 (1) the Boston, MA Primary Metropolitan Sta14 tistical Area;

15 (2) the New Bedford, MA Metropolitan Statis16 tical Area;

17 (3) the Fall River, MA-RI Primary Metropoli18 tan Statistical Area;

19 (4) the Pawtucket-Woonsocket-Attleboro, RI20 MA Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area;

21 (5) the Providence, RI Primary Metropolitan

22 Statistical Area; or

23 (6) any part of Bristol County, MA not in24 cluded under any of the preceding provisions of this

25 subsection.
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1 (c) ADMINISTRATION, REDUCTION, AND TERMI2 NATION RULES.—(1) The pay increase provided by sub3 section (a) shall be administered, subject to reduction or

4 termination, and otherwise treated, as if it had been pro5 vided for under section 302 of FEPCA.

6 (2) The provisions of such section 302 which relate

7 to extending a pay increase under such section to special8 pay-rate employees and employees who would not other9 wise be covered by such increase shall also apply with re10 spect to the increase provided by subsection (a).

11 SEC. 2. PAY INCREASE FOR PREVAILING RATE EMPLOYEES.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law, the rates of pay for each wage schedule which

14 is applicable, under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title

15 5, United States Code, to prevailing rate employees (as

16 defined by section 5342(a)(2) of such title) within the

17 Narragansett Bay Wage Area or the Boston, MA Wage

18 Area shall be increased by 8 percent, effective as of the

19 first applicable pay period beginning on or after the date

20 of the enactment of this Act.

21 (b) COORDINATION RULES.—(1) If an adjustment

22 under subsection (a) is to be made in a rate of pay as

23 of the same date as any other adjustment affecting such

24 rate, the adjustment under subsection (a) shall be made

25 first.
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1 (2) No authority under the provisions of law referred

2 to in section 1(c)(2) may be exercised with respect to any

3 class of employees whose pay is increased (or to be in4 creased) as a result of this section.

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