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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1683

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 8, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Government Reform 

AN ACT

To provide for a report on the parity of pay and benefits 

among Federal law enforcement officers and to establish 

an exchange program between Federal law enforcement 

employees and State and local law enforcement employees.

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 and Benefits Parity Act of 2003’’.
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1 SEC. 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT PAY AND BENEFITS PARITY 

2 REPORT. 

3 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘law en4 forcement officer’’ means an individual—

5 (1)(A) who is a law enforcement officer defined 

6 under section 8331 or 8401 of title 5, United States 

7 Code; or 

8 (B) the duties of whose position include the in9 vestigation, apprehension, or detention of individuals 

10 suspected or convicted of offenses against the crimi11 nal laws of the United States; and 

12 (2) who is employed by the Federal Govern13 ment. 

14 (b) REPORT.—Not later than April 30, 2004, the Of15 fice of Personnel Management shall submit a report to the 

16 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 

17 Representatives and the appropriate committees and sub18 committees of Congress that includes—

19 (1) a comparison of classifications, pay, and 

20 benefits among law enforcement officers across the 

21 Federal Government; and 

22 (2) recommendations for ensuring, to the max23 imum extent practicable, the elimination of dispari24 ties in classifications, pay and benefits for law en25 forcement officers throughout the Federal Govern26 ment. 
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1 SEC. 3. EMPLOYEE EXCHANGE PROGRAM BETWEEN FED2 ERAL EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEES OF 

3 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—

5 (1) the term ‘‘employing agency’’ means the 

6 Federal, State, or local government agency with 

7 which the participating employee was employed be8 fore an assignment under the Program; 

9 (2) the term ‘‘participating employee’’ means 

10 an employee who is participating in the Program; 

11 and 

12 (3) the term ‘‘Program’’ means the employee 

13 exchange program established under subsection (b). 

14 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish 

15 an employee exchange program between Federal agencies 

16 that perform law enforcement functions and agencies of 

17 State and local governments that perform law enforcement 

18 functions. 

19 (c) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—The Program shall be 

20 conducted in accordance with subchapter VI of chapter 33 

21 of title 5, United States Code. 

22 (d) QUALIFICATIONS.—An employee of an employing 

23 agency who performs law enforcement functions may be 

24 selected to participate in the Program if the employee—

25 (1) has been employed by that employing agen26 cy for a period of more than 3 years; 
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1 (2) has had appropriate training or experience 

2 to perform the work required by the assignment; 

3 (3) has had an overall rating of satisfactory or 

4 higher on performance appraisals from the employ5 ing agency during the 3-year period before being as6 signed to another agency under this section; and 

7 (4) agrees to return to the employing agency 

8 after completing the assignment for a period not less 

9 than the length of the assignment. 

10 (e) WRITTEN AGREEMENT.—An employee shall enter 

11 into a written agreement regarding the terms and condi12 tions of the assignment before beginning the assignment 

13 with another agency.

Passed the Senate November 25, 2003. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary.