I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 556
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2005
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
LATOURETTE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. TURNER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. LIN-
COLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. SERRANO, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. WYNN, Mr. BASS, Mr. 
FOSSELLA, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. OWENS, Mr. WOLF, 
Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. COO-
PER, Mr. ISSA, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. INSLEE, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. 
FRANK
of Massachusetts, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. 
MCHUGH, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. WEINER, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. BISHOP 
of New York, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. DOO-
LITTLE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire, 
Mrs. KELLY, Mr. DICKS, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. MCNUL-
TY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. FORD, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. 
PLATTS, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. 
PAYNE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. DAVIS 
of Illinois, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. HOLT, Mr. SMITH of New 
Jersey, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. BAKER, Mr. CANNON, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. 
ROTHMAN, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. HALL, Mr. 
MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. EHLERS, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, 
Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, 
Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. CLAY, Ms. WATSON, 
Mr. LANGEVIN, and Ms. DELAURO) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
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 Representa-
tives 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 Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area .......................
16.82%
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA–NH–ME–CT–RI Consolidated 
Metropolitan Statistical Area .....................................................
24.42%
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL–IN–WI Consolidated Metropolitan 
Statistical Area ...........................................................................
25.68%
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH–KY–IN Consolidated Metropolitan Sta-
tistical Area ................................................................................
21.47%
Cleveland Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ...................
17.83%
Columbus Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ...................
16.90%
Dallas Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ........................
18.51%
Dayton Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area .......................
15.97%
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Consolidated Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area ....................................................................................
22.78%
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Consolidated Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area ....................................................................................
25.61%
Hartford, CT Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area .............
24.47%
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Consolidated Metropolitan Sta-
tistical Area ................................................................................
30.39%
Huntsville Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ..................
13.29%
Indianapolis Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ...............
13.38%
Kansas City Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ...............
14.11%
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA Consolidated Metro-
politan Statistical Area ...............................................................
27.25%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Consolidated Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area ....................................................................................
21.75%
Milwaukee Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ..................
17.45%
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN–WI Consolidated Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area ....................................................................................
20.27%
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY–NJ–CT–PA 
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ................................
27.17%
Orlando, FL Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ..............
14.22%
‘‘Area 
Differential 
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA–NJ–DE–MD Consoli-
dated Metropolitan Statistical Area ...........................................
21.03%
Pittsburgh Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area .................
14.89%
Portland-Salem, OR–WA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical 
Area ............................................................................................
20.96%
Richmond Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ..................
16.46%
Sacramento-Yolo, CA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area 
20.77%
San Diego, CA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ...........
22.13%
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Consolidated Metropolitan 
Statistical Area ...........................................................................
32.98%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Consolidated Metropolitan Sta-
tistical Area ................................................................................
21.18%
St. Louis Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ....................
14.69%
Washington-Baltimore, DC–MD–VA–WV Consolidated Metropoli-
tan Statistical Area ....................................................................
19.48%
Rest of United States Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area 
14.19%’’. 
(b) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of the provision 
of law amended by subsection (a)—
(1) the counties of Providence, Kent, Wash-
ington, 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 Consoli-
dated Metropolitan Statistical Area; and 
(2) members of the Capitol Police shall be con-
sidered to be law enforcement officers within the 
meaning of section 402 of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Pay Reform Act of 1990. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a)—
(1) shall take effect as if included in the Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 on 
the date of the enactment of such Act; 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 enact-
ment of section 1114 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 115 
Stat. 1239).
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