CAPITOL POLICE BOARD RESOLUTION FOR UNIFIED SCHEDULES 

OF RATES OF BASIC PAY FOR MEMBERS AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 

OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE 

Whereas Pub. L. 105-55, 111 Stat.1177, (October 7, 1997) directs the Capitol Police Board to 

establish and maintain unified schedules of rates of basic pay for members and civilian 

employees of the United States Capitol Police, which shall apply to both members and 

employees whose appointing authority is the Chief of Police of the United States Capitol Police. 

Pursuant to such mandate and authority the Capitol Police Board hereby resolves that: 

Section (a) 1. UNIFIED SCHEDULE OF RATES OF BASIC PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE 

CAPITOL POLICE (other than the Assistant Chiefs and Chief). 

The unified schedule of rates of basic pay for members of the Capitol Police so 

established – 

(A)Shall provide 10 pay levels, with 15 service steps within each; and

(B) Shall not be subject to adjustment, except as provided in subsection 3; and

(C) Shall be maintained and revised as the “Schedule of Rates of Basic Pay for

Members of the Capitol Police” (Exhibit 1). Implementation and effective

date of pay schedules shall be subject to authorization and available funding

approved for such purposes and individuals shall be paid on the first day of

the first pay period after the effective date of the schedule.

2. BASIC RATE PAYABLE.

The service step, within a member’s pay level, at which such member is paid shall be 

determined in accordance with the following: 

(A)The rate of basic pay payable to an individual upon being first appointed as a

member of the Capitol Police shall be at a rate within the minimum and

maximum pay rates applicable to the position, as determined by the Chief of

Police, or designee.

(B) A member shall be advanced successively to the next higher step at the

beginning of the pay period following completion of -

(1) 52 calendar weeks of satisfactory service, as certified by the Chief of

Police or designee, in each of steps 1 through 10; and

(2) 104 calendar weeks of satisfactory service, as certified by the Chief of

Police or designee, in each of steps 11 through 13; and

(3) 156 calendar weeks of satisfactory service, as certified by the Chief of

Police, or designee in step 14.

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(C) A member who has completed 20 years of service as a member shall be paid 

at the highest rate payable for the member’s pay level. 

(D)Eligibility to be paid at a step provided for under paragraph (B) (1), (2), or (3) 

or paragraph (C), shall be based on total service as a member except as 

provided in paragraph (G) or (I). 

(E) Eligibility to be paid at the pay level of Private with Training shall be based 

on certification, by the Chief of Police or designee, that the member 

successfully completed the United States Capitol Police officer training 

program and the rate of pay will take effect on the first day of the first pay 

period after such certification. 

(F) Eligibility to be paid at the level of Private First Class shall be based on 

completion of 24 months of satisfactory service from the date of graduation as 

a sworn member of the United States Capitol Police, as certified by the Chief 

of Police or designee, and the rate of pay will take effect on the first day of the 

first pay period after completion of such service. Any Private with Training 

who enters into the Protective Services Operations (PSO) on a permanent, 

non-detailed basis shall be placed at a PSO Training rate of pay. Upon 

satisfactory completion of the required PSO training, the candidate shall be 

placed at a PSO Special Agent rate of pay. Upon leaving service within a 

designated PSO position, a member shall be placed into the appropriate pay 

level and step commensurate with the position to which the member will be 

assigned and years of creditable Capitol Police service. 

(G)For purposes of this section, in determining the appropriate step for a member 

who resumes service after prior service as a member of the Capitol Police, 

credit for prior service as a member of the Capitol Police may be given, as 

determined by the Chief of Police, or designee. 

(H)A member who returns to service as a reemployed annuitant with waiver shall 

be placed at a rate of pay consistent with Step 15 of the Private First Class pay 

level. 

(I) A member who enters service as a lateral transfer from another federal law 

enforcement agency for placement anywhere other than Protective Services 

Operations shall be placed at a Private with Training rate of pay determined 

by the member’s years of creditable federal/military law enforcement service. 

Following 24 months of satisfactory service as a sworn member of the United 

States Capitol Police after lateral appointment, as certified by the Chief of 

Police or designee, a member shall be considered eligible for the Private First 

Class rate of pay, which will take effect on the first day of the first pay period 

after completion of such service. A member who enters service as a lateral 

transfer from another federal law enforcement agency for placement with the 

Protective Services Operations (PSO) (or its successor) shall be placed at a 

PSO Training rate of pay determined by the member’s years of relevant, 

creditable federal/military law enforcement service. Upon satisfactory 
(J) Upon selection and successful completion of required training and 

certification as a K-9 technician, CERT technicians/operators, and hazardous 

devices technicians, a member shall be placed into the Technician pay level at 

a step commensurate with the member’s years of service with the Capitol 

Police. A member within the Technician pay level shall be advanced 

successively to the higher step at the beginning of the next pay period 

following completion of: 

completion of the required PSO training, the lateral transfer shall be placed at 

a PSO Special Agent rate of pay. 

(1) 52 calendar weeks of satisfactory service, as certified by the Chief of 

Police or designee, in each of steps 1 through 10; and 

(2) 104 calendar weeks of satisfactory service, as certified by the Chief of 

Police or designee, in each of steps 11 through 13; and 

(3) 156 calendar weeks of satisfactory service, as certified by the Chief of 

Police or designee, in step 14. 

Upon leaving service within a designated technician position, a member shall 

be placed into the appropriate pay level and step commensurate with the 

position to which the member will be assigned and years of creditable Capitol 

Police service. 

(K)Upon selection and successful completion of required training and 

certification as a Master Police Officer (MPO), a member shall be placed into 

the MPO pay level at a step commensurate with the member’s years of service 

with the Capitol Police. A member within the MPO pay level shall be 

advanced successively to the higher step at the beginning of the next pay 

period following completion of: 

(1) 52 calendar weeks of satisfactory service, as certified by the Chief 

of Police or designee, in each of steps 1 through 10; and 

(2) 104 calendar weeks of satisfactory service, as certified by the 

Chief of Police or designee, in each of steps 11 through 13; and, 

(3) 156 calendar weeks of satisfactory service, as certified by the 

Chief of Police, or designee in step 14. 

Upon leaving service as an MPO, a member shall be placed into the 

appropriate pay level and step commensurate with the position to which the 

member will be assigned and years of creditable Capitol Police service. 

3. BASIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS. 

Subject to approval by the Committee on House Administration of the House of 

Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the schedule of 

rates of basic pay under the unified basic pay schedule for members may be adjusted by the 

Board – 
(A) effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period beginning on or 

after the first day of the month in which an adjustment becomes effective 

under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 

General Schedule; and 

(B) by a percentage not to exceed the percentage of the adjustment provided 

under such section 5303 in the rates of pay under the General Schedule; and 

(C) by a percentage not to exceed the percentage of the adjustment provided 

under sections 5304 and 5304a of title 5, United States Code, in the rates of 

pay under the General Schedule. 

4. LUMP SUM INCENTIVE AND MERIT BONUS PAYMENTS 

(A) The Chief of Police, or designee, may pay an incentive and merit bonus 

payment, which is authorized to be paid in a lump sum, provided that such lump 

sum or merit bonus payment shall: 

(1) not be considered a part of the member’s basic rate of pay; and, 

(2) be provided based on criteria established by the Chief of Police, or 

designee. 

(B) The Capitol Police Board may pay an incentive and merit bonus payment to 

the Chief of Police, which is authorized to be paid in a lump sum, provided that 

such lump sum or merit bonus payment shall: 

 (1) not be considered a part of the Chief of Police’s rate of pay; and, 

 (2) is subject to approval from the Committee on House Administration of 

the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of 

the Senate. 

5. SERVICE STEP INCREASES FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE AND 

EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE 

(A) Subject to the approval of the Chief of Police, or designee, a member of the 

Capitol Police may be provided an increase of one step based on a 

demonstration of meritorious service in accordance with: 

(1) criteria established by the Chief of Police, or designee; and, 

(2) a process by which such payment shall be effective on the first pay 

period after approval of the Chief of Police, or designee. 

(B) Subject to the approval of the Chief of Police, or designee, a member of the 

Capitol Police may be provided an increase of two steps based on a 

demonstration of extraordinary performance in accordance with: 

(1) criteria established by the Chief of Police, or designee; and, 
(2) a process by which such payment shall be effective on the first pay 

period after approval of the Chief of Police, or designee. 

Section (b) 1. UNIFIED SCHEDULE OF RATES OF BASIC PAY FOR CIVILIAN 

EMPLOYEES OF THE CAPITOL POLICE. 

 The unified schedule of rates of basic pay for civilian employees of the Capitol Police so 

established— 

(A) shall provide for 14 pay levels, with 12 service steps within each; and 

(B) shall not be subject to adjustment, except as provided in subsection 3; and 

(C) shall be maintained and revised as the “Schedule of Rates of Basic Pay for 

Civilian Employees of the Capitol Police” (Exhibit 2). 

 2. RATE OF BASIC PAY PAYABLE. 

 The service step, within a civilian employee’s pay level, at which such member is paid shall 

be determined in accordance with the following: 

(A)The rate of basic pay payable to an individual upon appointment to a position 

with the Capitol Police shall be at a rate within the minimum and maximum 

pay rates applicable to the position, as determined by the Chief of Police, or 

designee. 

(B) A civilian employee shall be advanced successively to the next higher step at 

the beginning of the pay period following completion of satisfactory service, 

as certified by the Chief of Police or designee, as follows— 

(1) 52 calendar weeks in each of steps 1 through 3; and 

(2) 104 calendar weeks in each of steps 4 through 6; and 

(3) 156 calendar weeks in each of steps 7 through 9; and 

(4) 260 calendar weeks in each of steps 10 and 11. 

(C) Eligibility to be paid at a step provided for under paragraph (B) (1), (2), (3) or 

(4), shall be based on service in a pay level, subject to paragraph (D). 

(D)When a civilian employee’s position in a higher pay level pursuant to a 

reclassification or when a current civilian employee is appointed to a position 

in a higher pay level, the rate of pay is calculated according to one of the 

following provisions, whichever is first applicable: 

(1) At the rate of the lowest step in the new level which equals or exceeds 

the rate two steps above the rate of the step which was held prior to the 

personnel action; 

(2) At the rate of the lowest step in the new level which equals or exceeds 

the rate two steps above the rate in the new level equal to or exceeding 

the rate held prior to promotion (to be applied when processing the 

promotions of employees who are at the 11th or 12th step of a level). 
3. BASIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS. 

 Subject to approval by the Committee on House Administration of the House of 

Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the schedule of 

rates of basic pay under the unified basic pay schedule for civilian employees may be adjusted by 

the Board— 

(A) effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period beginning on or 

after the first day of the month in which an adjustment becomes effective 

under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 

General Schedule; and 

(B) by a percentage not to exceed the percentage of the adjustment provided under 

such section 5303 in the rates of pay under the General Schedule. 

4. LUMP SUM INCENTIVE AND MERIT BONUS PAYMENTS 

(A) The Chief of Police, or designee, may pay an incentive and merit bonus 

payment, which is authorized to be paid in a lump sum, provided that such lump 

sum or merit bonus payment shall: 

(1) not be considered a part of the civilian employee’s basic rate of pay; 

and, 

(2) be provided based on criteria established by the Chief of Police, or 

designee. 

5. SERVICE STEP INCREASES FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE AND 

EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE 

(A) Subject to the approval of the Chief of Police, or designee, a civilian 

employee of the Capitol Police may be provided an increase of one step based 

on a demonstration of meritorious service in accordance with: 

(1) criteria established by the Chief of Police, or designee; and, 

(2) a process by which such payment shall be effective on the first pay 

period after approval of the Chief of Police, or designee. 

(B) Subject to the approval of the Chief of Police, or designee, a civilian 

employee of the Capitol Police may be provided an increase of two steps based 

on a demonstration of extraordinary performance in accordance with: 

(1) criteria established by the Chief of Police, or designee; and, 

(2) a process by which such payment shall be effective on the first pay 

period after approval of the Chief of Police, or designee.