I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3387 
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 
NOVEMBER 4, 2011 
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Ms. HAHN, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BISHOP 
of New York, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. HOLT, Mr. LATOURETTE, 
and Mr. RUPPERSBERGER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Law Enforce-
ment Pay Equality Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. 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 
Barnstable County, MA, and Berwick, Eliot, Kittery, South 
Berwick, and York towns in York County, ME .......................
44.42%
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. Collins- 
Loveland, CO, MSA .................................................................
35.98%
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI, CSA, plus Lenawee County, MI .......
37.92%
Hartford-West Hartford-Willimantic, CT, CSA, plus the 
Springfield, MA, MSA and New London County, CT .............
40.50%
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX, CSA ......................................
40.66%
Huntsville-Decatur, AL, CSA ......................................................
32.54%
Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN, CSA, plus Grant County, 
IN .............................................................................................
24.27%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA, CSA, plus the Santa 
Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA, MSA and Edwards Air 
Force Base, CA ........................................................................
43.90%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL, MSA, plus Mon-
roe County, FL ........................................................................
35.55%
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 
Monroe County, PA, and Warren County, NJ ........................
50.28%
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA–NJ–DE–MD, CSA, plus 
Kent County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, and Cape May 
County, NJ ..............................................................................
36.76%
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, MSA ............................................
34.81%
Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA, CSA ................................................
28.84%
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR–WA, MSA, plus Marion 
County, OR, and Polk County, OR .........................................
33.56%
Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC, CSA, plus the Fayetteville, NC, 
MSA, the Goldsboro, NC, MSA, and the Federal Correctional 
Complex, Butner, NC ..............................................................
25.23%
Richmond, VA, MSA ...................................................................
25.92%
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Yuba City, CA–NV, CSA, plus Car-
son City, NV ............................................................................
39.35%
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, MSA ................................
43.49%
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‘‘Area 
Differential 
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA, CSA, plus the Salinas, 
CA, MSA and San Joaquin County, CA .................................
59.65%
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA, CSA, plus Whatcom County, 
WA ...........................................................................................
39.35%
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC–MD–VA–WV, 
CSA, plus the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD–WV, MSA, the 
York-Hanover-Gettysburg, PA, CSA, and King George Coun-
ty, VA .......................................................................................
53.94%
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, 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 enact-
ment 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. 
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Subsection (b) shall be applied in a manner consistent 
with the preceding sentence. 
SEC. 3. 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). 
Æ 
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