I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9465 
To provide locality pay to Federal employees working overseas under domestic 
teleworking agreements, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 8, 2022 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To provide locality pay to Federal employees working over-
seas under domestic teleworking agreements, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civil Service Federal 
Employee Serving Overseas Pay Equity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LOCALITY PAY FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WORK-
ING OVERSEAS UNDER DOMESTIC EMPLOYEE 
TELEWORKING OVERSEAS AGREEMENTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) CIVIL SERVICE.—The term ‘‘civil service’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 2101 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(2) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘covered 
employee’’ means an employee who— 
(A) occupies a position in the civil service; 
and 
(B) is working overseas under a Domestic 
Employee Teleworking Overseas agreement. 
(3) LOCALITY PAY.—The term ‘‘locality pay’’ 
means a locality-based comparability payment paid 
in accordance with subsection (b). 
(4) NONFOREIGN AREA.—The term ‘‘nonforeign 
area’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
591.205 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any successor regulation. 
(5) OVERSEAS.—The term ‘‘overseas’’ means 
any geographic location that is not in— 
(A) the continental United States; or 
(B) a nonforeign area. 
(b) PAYMENT OF LOCALITY PAY.—Each covered em-
ployee shall be paid locality pay in an amount that is equal 
to the lesser of— 
(1) the amount of a locality-based comparability 
payment that the covered employee would have been 
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paid under section 5304 or 5304a of title 5, United 
States Code, had the official duty station of the cov-
ered employee not been changed to reflect an over-
seas location under the applicable Domestic Em-
ployee Teleworking Overseas agreement; or 
(2) the amount of a locality-based comparability 
payment that the covered employee would be paid 
under section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32), as limited 
under section 9802(c)(2) of the James M. Inhofe 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023, if the covered employee were an eligible mem-
ber of the Foreign Service (as defined in subsection 
(b) of such section 1113). 
(c) APPLICATION.—Locality pay paid to a covered 
employee under this section— 
(1) shall begin to be paid not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) shall be treated in the same manner, and 
subject to the same terms and conditions, as a local-
ity-based comparability payment paid under section 
5304 or 5304a of title 5, United States Code. 
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