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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4880
To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of
1958 to establish new pay rates and compensation schedules for officers
and members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
and the United States Park Police, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 18, 2000
Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, and Mr. HOYER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Govern-
ment Reform
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s
Salary Act of 1958 to establish new pay rates and com-
pensation schedules for officers and members of the
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division and
the United States Park Police, 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 ‘‘Federal Law Enforce-
ment Pay Equity Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFORM SALARY SCHEDULE
FOR UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE UNI-
FORMED 
DIVISION 
AND 
UNITED 
STATES
PARK POLICE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501(c)(1) of the District
of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (sec.
4–416(c)(1), DC Code) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c)(1) The annual rates of basic compensation of of-
ficers and members of the United States Secret Service
Uniformed Division and the United States Park Police,
serving in classes corresponding or similar to those in the
salary schedule in section 101, shall be fixed in accordance
with the following schedule of rates:
‘‘Salary class and title
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
Time between steps
52 weeks
104 weeks
Years in service
1: Private ........................
32,623
34,587
36,626
38,306
41,001
43,728
45,407
3: Detective .....................
42,378
44,502
46,620
48,746
50,837
4: Sergeant ......................
46,151
48,446
50,746
53,056
5: Lieutenant 1 ................
50,910
53,462
56,545
7: Captain 1 .....................
59,802
62,799
8: Inspector/Major 1 ........
69,163
72,760
9: Deputy Chief 1 ............
79,768
85,158
10: Assistant Chief 2
11: Chief, United States
Secret Service Uni-
formed Division,
United States Park
Police 3
1 The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 5, 7, 8, and 9 is limited to 95 percent of the rate of pay for
level V of the Executive Schedule.
2 The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 10 will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level V
of the Executive Schedule.
3 The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 11 will be equal to the rate of pay for level V of the Execu-
tive Schedule.
‘‘Salary class and title
Step 8
Step 9
Step 10
Step 11
Step 12
Step 13
Step 14
Time between steps
104 weeks
156 weeks
208 weeks
Years in service
1: Private ........................
47,107
48,801
50,498
53,448
55,394
57,036
58,746
3: Detective .....................
52,972
55,086
57,204
61,212
63,337
65,462
67,426
4: Sergeant ......................
55,372
57,691
59,999
63,558
65,867
68,176
70,221
5: Lieutenant 1 ................
59,120
61,688
64,258
68,197
70,744
73,290
75,489
7: Captain 1 .....................
65,797
68,757
71,747
76,292
79,309
82,325
84,796
8: Inspector/Major 1 ........
76,542
80,524
83,983
87,645
91,827
95,464
99,075
9: Deputy Chief 1 ............
90,578
95,980
99,968
103,957
107,945
111,933
115,291
10: Assistant Chief 2
11: Chief, United States
Secret Service Uni-
formed Division,
United States Park
Police 3
1 The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 5, 7, 8, and 9 is limited to 95 percent of the rate of pay for
level V of the Executive Schedule.
2 The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 10 will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level V
of the Executive Schedule.
3 The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 11 will be equal to the rate of pay for level V of the Execu-
tive Schedule.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS TO PARK PO-
LICE.—Section 501(c) of such Act (sec. 4–416(c),
DC Code) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Treas-
ury’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Treasury,
and the annual rates of basic compensation of
officers and members of the United States Park
Police shall be adjusted by the Secretary of the
Interior,’’;
(B) in paragraph (5), by inserting after
‘‘Uniformed Division’’ the following: ‘‘or officers
and members of the United States Park Po-
lice’’;
(C) in paragraph (6)(A), by inserting after
‘‘Uniformed Division’’ the following: ‘‘or the
United States Park Police’’; and
(D) in paragraph (7)(A), by inserting after
‘‘Uniformed Division’’ the following: ‘‘or the
United States Park Police’’.
(2) TERMINATION OF CURRENT ADJUSTMENT
AUTHORITY.—Section 501(b) of such Act (sec. 4–
416(b), DC Code) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) This subsection shall not apply with respect to
any pay period for which the salary schedule under sub-
section (c) applies to the United States Park Police.’’.
SEC. 3. REVISION OF CAPS ON MAXIMUM COMPENSATION.
(a) ANNUAL SALARY UNDER SCHEDULE.—Section
501(c)(2) of the District of Columbia Police and Fire-
men’s Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 4–416(c)(2), DC Code)
is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting
the following: ‘‘, except that in no case may the annual
rate of basic compensation for any such officer or member
exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the
Executive Schedule contained in subchapter II of chapter
53 of title 5, United States Code.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF CAP ON COMBINED BASIC PAY AND
LONGEVITY PAY.—Section 501(c) of such Act (sec. 4–
416(c), DC Code) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
(c) LIMITATION
ON PAY PERIOD EARNINGS
FOR
COMP TIME.—Section 1(h) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
to provide a five-day week for officers and members of the
Metropolitan Police force, the United States Park Police
force, and the White House Police force, and for other
purposes’’, approved August 15, 1950 (sec. 4–1104(h),
DC Code), is amended—
(1) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking
‘‘Metropolitan Police force; or of the Fire Depart-
ment of the District of Columbia; or of the United
States Park Police’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Metropolitan Police force or of the Fire De-
partment of the District of Columbia’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting after ‘‘United
States Secret Service Uniformed Division’’ each
place it appears the following: ‘‘or of the United
States Park Police’’.
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF SERVICE STEP ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) METHOD
FOR DETERMINATION
OF ADJUST-
MENTS.—Section 303(a) of the District of Columbia Po-
lice and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 4–412(a), DC
Code) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
‘‘Each’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in para-
graph (5), each’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(5) Each officer and member of the United
States Secret Service Uniformed Division and the
United States Park Police with a current perform-
ance rating of ‘satisfactory’ or better, shall have a
service step adjustment in the following manner:
‘‘(A) Each officer and member in service
step 1, 2, or 3 shall be advanced in compensa-
tion successively to the next higher service step
at the beginning of the 1st pay period imme-
diately subsequent to the completion of 52 cal-
endar weeks of active service in the officer’s or
member’s service step.
‘‘(B) Each officer and member in service
step 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 shall be advanced in
compensation successively to the next higher
service step at the beginning of the 1st pay pe-
riod immediately subsequent to the completion
of 104 calendar weeks of active service in the
officer’s or member’s service step.
‘‘(C) Each officer and member in service
step 10 shall be advanced in compensation suc-
cessively to the next higher service step at the
beginning of the 1st pay period immediately
subsequent to the completion of 156 calendar
weeks of active service in the officer’s or mem-
ber’s service step.
‘‘(D) Each officer and member in service
steps 11 or 12, or 13 shall be advanced in com-
pensation successively to the next higher service
step at the beginning of the 1st pay period im-
mediately subsequent to the completion of 208
calendar weeks of active service in the officer’s
or member’s service step.’’.
(b) USE OF TOTAL CREDITABLE SERVICE TO DE-
TERMINE STEP PLACEMENT.—Section 304 of such Act
(sec. 4–413, DC Code) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(b)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(b) or (c)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(c)(1) Each officer and member of the United States
Secret Service Uniformed Division or the United States
Park Police who is promoted or transferred to a higher
salary shall receive basic compensation in accordance with
the officer’s or member’s total creditable service.
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, an officer’s or
member’s creditable service is any police service in pay
status with the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division, United States Park Police, or Metropolitan Po-
lice Department. ’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 401(a) of
such Act (sec. 4–415(a), DC Code) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) This subsection shall not apply to officers and
members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division or the United States Park Police.’’.
SEC. 5. CONVERSION TO NEW SALARY SCHEDULE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) DETERMINATION
OF
RATES
OF
BASIC
PAY.—Effective on the 1st day of the 1st pay period
beginning six months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall fix the
rates of basic pay for officers and members of the
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division,
and the Secretary of the Interior shall fix the rates
of basic pay for officers and members of the United
States Park Police, in accordance with this sub-
section.
(2) PLACEMENT ON REVISED SALARY SCHED-
ULE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each officer and mem-
ber shall be placed in and receive basic com-
pensation at the corresponding scheduled serv-
(C) CREDITABLE SERVICE DESCRIBED.—
For purposes of this paragraph, an officer’s or
member’s creditable service is any police service
in pay status with the United States Secret
Service Uniformed Division, United States Park
Police, or Metropolitan Police Department.
(b) HOLD HARMLESS FOR CURRENT TOTAL COM-
PENSATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
if the total rate of compensation for an officer or employee
for any pay period occurring after conversion to the salary
schedule pursuant to subsection (a) (determined by taking
into account any locality-based comparability adjustments,
longevity pay, and other adjustments paid in addition to
the rate of basic compensation) is less than the officer’s
or employee’s total rate of compensation (as so deter-
mined) on the date of enactment, the rate of compensation
for the officer or employee for the pay period shall be
equal to—
(1) the rate of compensation on the date of en-
actment (as so determined); increased by
(2) a percentage equal to 50 percent of sum of
the percentage adjustments made in the rate of
basic compensation under section 501(c) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of
1958 (as amended by subsection (a)) for pay periods
occurring after the date of enactment and prior to
the pay period involved.
(c) CONVERSION NOT TREATED AS TRANSFER OR
PROMOTION.—The conversion of positions and individuals
to appropriate classes of the salary schedule under section
501(c) of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s
Salary Act of 1958 (as amended by section 2(a)) and the
initial adjustments of rates of basic pay of those positions
and individuals in accordance with subsection (a) shall not
be considered to be transfers or promotions within the
meaning of section 304 of the District of Columbia Police
and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 4–413, DC Code).
(d) TRANSFER OF CREDIT FOR SATISFACTORY SERV-
ICE.—Each individual whose position is converted to the
salary schedule under section 501(c) of the District of Co-
lumbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (as
amended by section 2(a)) in accordance with subsection
(a) shall be granted credit for purposes of such individ-
ual’s first service step adjustment under the salary sched-
ule in such section 501(c) for all satisfactory service per-
formed by the individual since the individual’s last in-
crease in basic pay prior to the adjustment under that sec-
tion.
(e) ADJUSTMENT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT GEN-
ERAL SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS DURING TRANSITION.—
The rates provided under the salary schedule under sec-
tion 501(c) of the District of Columbia Police and Fire-
men’s Salary Act of 1958 (as amended by section 2(a))
shall be increased by the percentage of any annual adjust-
ment applicable to the General Schedule authorized under
section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, which takes
effect during the period which begins on the date of the
enactment of this Act and ends on the date
SEC. 6. PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS.
(a) TECHNICIAN DUTY.—Section 302 of the District
of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (sec.
4–411, DC Code) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$810 per
annum’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘$810 per
annum, except in the case of an officer or member
of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Divi-
sion or the United States Park Police, who shall re-
ceive a per annum amount equal to 6 percent of the
sum of such officer’s or member’s rate of basic com-
pensation plus locality pay adjustments’’;
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$595 per
annum’’ each place it appears and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘$595 per annum, except in the case of an
officer or member of the United States Park Police,
who shall receive a per annum amount equal to 6
percent of the sum of such officer’s or member’s
rate of basic compensation plus locality pay adjust-
ments’’; and
(3) in subsection (e), by inserting after ‘‘When-
ever any officer or member’’ the following: ‘‘(other
than an officer or member of the United States Se-
cret Service Uniformed Division or the United
States Park Police)’’.
(b) HELICOPTER PILOT, BOMB DISPOSAL, OR SCUBA
DIVING DUTY.—Section 202 of such Act (sec. 4–408, DC
Code) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,270 per annum’’ and
inserting the following: ‘‘$2,270 per annum, except in the
case of an officer or member of the United States Park
Police, who shall receive a per annum amount equal to
7 percent of the sum of such officer’s or member’s rate
of basic compensation plus locality pay adjustments’’.
SEC. 7. CONFORMING PROVISIONS RELATING TO FEDERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT PAY REFORM ACT.
(a) TERMINATION OF EXISTING SPECIAL SALARY
RATES AND ADJUSTMENTS.—Beginning on the effective
date of this Act—
(1) no existing special salary rates shall be au-
thorized for members of the United States Park Po-
lice under section 5305 of title 5, United States
Code (or any previous similar provision of law); and
(2) no special rates of pay or special pay ad-
justments shall be applicable to members of the
United States Park Police pursuant to section 405
of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of
1990.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section
405(b) of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act
of 1990 (5 U.S.C. 5303 note) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(b) This subsection applies with respect to any—
‘‘(1) special agent within the Diplomatic Secu-
rity Service;
‘‘(2) probation officer (referred to in section
3672 of title 18, United States Code); or
‘‘(3) pretrial services officer (referred to in sec-
tion 3153 of title 18, United States Code).’’.
(2) Section 405(c) of such Act (5 U.S.C. 5303 note)
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘appro-
priate agency head’ means—
‘‘(1) with respect to any individual under sub-
section (b)(1), the Secretary of State; or
‘‘(2) with respect to any individual under sub-
section (b)(2) or (b)(3), the Director of the Adminis-
trative Office of the United States Courts.’’.
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
become effective on the 1st day of the 1st pay period be-
ginning 6 months after the date of enactment.
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