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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 984
To provide an 8-percent interim geographic pay increase for certain Federal
employees, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 18, 1993
Mr. MACHTLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To provide an 8-percent interim geographic pay increase
for certain Federal employees, 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. PAY INCREASE UNDER SECTION 302 OF FEPCA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective as of the first applicable
pay period beginning on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act—
(1) pay for employees described in subsection
(b) shall be determined as if the President had pro-
vided for an 8 percent increase with respect to such
employees under section 302 of the Federal Employ-
ees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 (hereinafter in
this Act referred to as ‘‘FEPCA’’); and
(2) each of the metropolitan statistical areas
named in subsection (b) shall, for purposes of this
section, be considered to constitute an ‘‘area’’ within
the meaning of such section 302.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The pay increase provided by
subsection (a) applies with respect to any General Sched-
ule employee (including an employee covered by the per-
formance management and recognition system under
chapter 54 of title 5, United States Code) whose duty sta-
tion is within—
(1) the Boston, MA Primary Metropolitan Sta-
tistical Area;
(2) the New Bedford, MA Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area;
(3) the Fall River, MA-RI Primary Metropoli-
tan Statistical Area;
(4) the Pawtucket-Woonsocket-Attleboro, RI-
MA Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area;
(5) the Providence, RI Primary Metropolitan
Statistical Area; or
(6) any part of Bristol County, MA not in-
cluded under any of the preceding provisions of this
subsection.
(c) ADMINISTRATION, REDUCTION, AND
TERMI-
NATION RULES.—(1) The pay increase provided by sub-
section (a) shall be administered, subject to reduction or
termination, and otherwise treated, as if it had been pro-
vided for under section 302 of FEPCA.
(2) The provisions of such section 302 which relate
to extending a pay increase under such section to special-
pay-rate employees and employees who would not other-
wise be covered by such increase shall also apply with re-
spect to the increase provided by subsection (a).
SEC. 2. PAY INCREASE FOR PREVAILING RATE EMPLOYEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the rates of pay for each wage schedule which
is applicable, under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title
5, United States Code, to prevailing rate employees (as
defined by section 5342(a)(2) of such title) within the
Narragansett Bay Wage Area or the Boston, MA Wage
Area shall be increased by 8 percent, effective as of the
first applicable pay period beginning on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(b) COORDINATION RULES.—(1) If an adjustment
under subsection (a) is to be made in a rate of pay as
of the same date as any other adjustment affecting such
rate, the adjustment under subsection (a) shall be made
first.
(2) No authority under the provisions of law referred
to in section 1(c)(2) may be exercised with respect to any
class of employees whose pay is increased (or to be in-
creased) as a result of this section.
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