I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3573 
To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing 
wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by 
other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2013 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. COLE, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. 
LOEBSACK, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. WOLF, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. 
BUSTOS, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. RUNYAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, 
Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. PERLMUTTER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form 
A BILL 
To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic 
pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the 
percentage increase received by other Federal employees 
in the same pay locality, 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. ADJUSTMENTS TO RATES OF BASIC PAY OF 
PREVAILING RATE EMPLOYEES. 
(a) LIMITATION ON ADJUSTMENTS.— 
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(1) PREVAILING RATE EMPLOYEES OF AGEN-
CIES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and except as otherwise provided in this section, a 
prevailing rate employee described in section 
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, may 
not be paid— 
(A) during the period beginning on Janu-
ary 1, 2014, and ending on the normal effective 
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment 
that is to take effect in fiscal year 2014, in an 
amount that exceeds the rate payable for the 
applicable grade and step of the applicable wage 
schedule in accordance with such section; and 
(B) during the period beginning on the day 
after the end of the period described in sub-
paragraph (A) and ending on September 30, 
2014, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of 
a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable 
under subparagraph (A) by more than the sum 
of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking 
effect in fiscal year 2014 under section 
5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the 
rates of pay under the General Schedule; 
and 
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(ii) the difference between the overall 
average percentage of the locality-based 
comparability payments taking effect in 
fiscal year 2014 under section 5304 of 
such title (whether by adjustment or other-
wise), and the overall average percentage 
of such payments which was effective in 
the previous fiscal year under such section. 
(2) OTHER
PREVAILING
RATE
EMPLOYEES.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no pre-
vailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) 
or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States 
Code, and no employee covered by section 5348 of 
such title, may be paid during the periods for which 
paragraph (1) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the 
rates that would be payable under paragraph (1) 
were paragraph (1) applicable to such employee. 
(3) EMPLOYEES
PAID
FROM
NEW
SCHED-
ULES.—For the purposes of this subsection, the 
rates payable to an employee who is covered by this 
subsection and who is paid from a schedule not in 
existence on September 30, 2013, shall be deter-
mined under regulations prescribed by the Office of 
Personnel Management. 
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(4) RATES OF PREMIUM PAY.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, rates of premium pay for 
employees subject to this subsection may not be 
changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 
2013, except to the extent determined by the Office 
of Personnel Management to be consistent with the 
purpose of this subsection. 
(5) PERIOD COVERED.—This subsection shall 
apply with respect to pay for service performed on 
or after the first day of the first applicable pay pe-
riod beginning after December 31, 2013. 
(6) TREATMENT
UNDER
OTHER
LAWS.—For 
the purpose of administering any provision of law 
(including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other 
employee benefit) that requires any deduction or 
contribution, or that imposes any requirement or 
limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or basic 
pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the 
application of this subsection shall be treated as the 
rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this subsection 
shall be considered to permit or require the payment 
to any employee covered by this subsection at a rate 
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