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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2613 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2613

 To amend the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to adjust 
    the percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement 
      officers in certain high-cost areas, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2009

  Mr. King of New York (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. 
     Bishop of New York, Mr. Castle, Mr. McHugh, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. 
  LaTourette, and Mr. Wolf) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to adjust 
    the percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement 
      officers in certain high-cost areas, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ADJUSTED DIFFERENTIALS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 404(b) of the Federal Law 
Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 (5 U.S.C. 5305 note) is amended by 
striking the matter after ``follows:'' and inserting the following:

``Area                                                     Differential
        Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL, CSA......     35.99% 
        Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH, CSA, plus        44.42% 
            Barnstable County, MA, and Berwick, Eliot, 
            Kittery, South Berwick, and York towns in York 
            County, ME.
        Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY, CSA...............     30.66% 
        Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI, CSA....     42.73% 
        Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN, CSA....     25.44% 
        Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH, CSA....................     32.71% 
        Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH, CSA...............     28.02% 
        Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, CSA.........................     36.81% 
        Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH, CSA.............     24.84% 
        Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO, CSA, plus the Ft.            35.98% 
            Collins-Loveland, CO, MSA.
        Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI, CSA, plus Lenawee County,     37.92% 
            MI.
        Hartford-West Hartford-Willimantic, CT, CSA, plus       40.50% 
            the Springfield, MA, MSA and New London County, 
            CT.
        Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX, CSA................     40.66% 
        Huntsville-Decatur, AL, CSA........................     32.54% 
        Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN, CSA, plus Grant     24.27% 
            County, IN.
        Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA, CSA, plus the     43.90% 
            Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA, MSA and 
            Edwards Air Force Base, CA.
        Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL, MSA, plus      35.55% 
            Monroe County, FL.
        Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI, CSA.................     30.53% 
        Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI, CSA.........     33.29% 
        New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA, CSA, plus      50.28% 
            Monroe County, PA, and Warren County, NJ.
        Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CSA,         36.76% 
            plus Kent County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, and 
            Cape May County, NJ.
        Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, MSA...................     34.81% 
        Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA, CSA.....................     28.84% 
        Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, MSA, plus          33.56% 
            Marion County, OR, and Polk County, OR.
        Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC, CSA, plus the                  25.23% 
            Fayetteville, NC, MSA, the Goldsboro, NC, MSA, 
            and the Federal Correctional Complex, Butner, 
            NC.
        Richmond, VA, MSA..................................     25.92% 
        Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Yuba City, CA-NV, CSA, plus     39.35% 
            Carson City, NV.
        San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, MSA.............     43.49% 
        San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA, CSA, plus the       59.65% 
            Salinas, CA, MSA and San Joaquin County, CA.
        Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA, CSA, plus Whatcom           39.35% 
            County, WA.
        Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-       53.94% 
            WV, CSA, plus the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-
            WV, MSA, the York-Hanover-Gettysburg, PA, CSA, 
            and King George County, VA.
        Rest of the United States (RUS)....................   23.40%''.
    (b) Special Rules.--For purposes of the provision of law amended by 
subsection (a)--
            (1) the counties of Providence, Kent, Washington, Bristol, 
        and Newport, RI, the counties of York and Cumberland, ME, and 
        the city of Concord, NH, shall be treated as if located in the 
        Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT-RI Consolidated 
        Metropolitan Statistical Area; and
            (2) members of the Capitol Police shall be considered to be 
        law enforcement officers within the meaning of section 402 of 
        the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)--
            (1) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of 
        the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990; and
            (2) shall be effective only with respect to pay for service 
        performed in pay periods beginning on or after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
Subsection (b) shall be applied in a manner consistent with the 
preceding sentence.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY.

    (a) In General.--Section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``5545a,'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``or 5545a''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``or a criminal investigator who is paid availability pay under 
        section 5545a.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of section 1114 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107; 115 
Stat. 1239).
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