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Calendar No. 409

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1683

[Report No. 108–207] 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 30 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 29), 2003

Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs 

NOVEMBER 22, 2003

Reported by Ms. COLLINS, without amendment 

A BILL

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Law Enforce3 ment Pay and Benefits Parity Act of 2003’’. 

4 SEC. 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT PAY AND BENEFITS PARITY 

5 REPORT. 

6 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘law en7 forcement officer’’ means an individual—

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

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

10 Code; or 

11 (B) the duties of whose position include the in12 vestigation, apprehension, or detention of individuals 

13 suspected or convicted of offenses against the crimi14 nal laws of the United States; and 

15 (2) who is employed by the Federal Govern16 ment. 

17 (b) REPORT.—Not later than April 30, 2004, the Of18 fice of Personnel Management shall submit a report to the 

19 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 

20 Representatives and the appropriate committees and sub21 committees of Congress that includes—

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

23 benefits among law enforcement officers across the 

24 Federal Government; and 

25 (2) recommendations for ensuring, to the max26 imum extent practicable, the elimination of dispari-
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1 ties in classifications, pay and benefits for law en2 forcement officers throughout the Federal Govern3 ment. 

4 SEC. 3. EMPLOYEE EXCHANGE PROGRAM BETWEEN FED5 ERAL EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEES OF 

6 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—

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

9 Federal, State, or local government agency with 

10 which the participating employee was employed be11 fore an assignment under the Program; 

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

13 an employee who is participating in the Program; 

14 and 

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

16 exchange program established under subsection (b). 

17 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish 

18 an employee exchange program between Federal agencies 

19 that perform law enforcement functions and agencies of 

20 State and local governments that perform law enforcement 

21 functions. 

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

23 conducted in accordance with subchapter VI of chapter 33 

24 of title 5, United States Code. 
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1 (d) QUALIFICATIONS.—An employee of an employing 

2 agency who performs law enforcement functions may be 

3 selected to participate in the Program if the employee—

4 (1) has been employed by that employing agen5 cy for a period of more than 3 years; 

6 (2) has had appropriate training or experience 

7 to perform the work required by the assignment; 

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

9 higher on performance appraisals from the employ10 ing agency during the 3-year period before being as11 signed to another agency under this section; and 

12 (4) agrees to return to the employing agency 

13 after completing the assignment for a period not less 

14 than the length of the assignment. 

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

16 into a written agreement regarding the terms and condi17 tions of the assignment before beginning the assignment 

18 with another agency. 

Calendar No. 409

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1683

[Report No. 108–207] 

A BILL

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. 

NOVEMBER 22, 2003

Reported without amendment