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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3205
To provide for a report on the parity of pay and benefits among Federal 
law enforcement officers and to establish an exchange program between 
Federal law enforcement employees and State and local law enforcement 
employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide for a report on the parity of pay and benefits 
among Federal law enforcement officers and to establish 
an exchange program between Federal law enforcement 
employees and State and local law enforcement employ-
ees.
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 and Benefits Parity Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT PAY AND BENEFITS PARITY 
REPORT. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘law en-
forcement officer’’ means an individual—
(1)(A) who is a law enforcement officer defined 
under section 8331 or 8401 of title 5, United States 
Code; or 
(B) the duties of whose position include the in-
vestigation, apprehension, or detention of individuals 
suspected or convicted of offenses against the crimi-
nal laws of the United States; and 
(2) who is employed by the Federal Govern-
ment. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than April 30, 2004, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management shall submit a report to the 
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the appropriate committees and sub-
committees of Congress that includes—
(1) a comparison of classifications, pay, and 
benefits among law enforcement officers across the 
Federal Government; and 
(2) recommendations for ensuring, to the max-
imum extent practicable, the elimination of dispari-
ties in classifications, pay and benefits for law en-
forcement officers throughout the Federal Govern-
ment.
SEC. 3. EMPLOYEE EXCHANGE PROGRAM BETWEEN FED-
ERAL 
EMPLOYEES 
AND 
EMPLOYEES 
OF 
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘employing agency’’ means the 
Federal, State, or local government agency with 
which the participating employee was employed be-
fore an assignment under the Program; 
(2) the term ‘‘participating employee’’ means 
an employee who is participating in the Program; 
and 
(3) the term ‘‘Program’’ means the employee 
exchange program established under subsection (b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish 
an employee exchange program between Federal agencies 
that perform law enforcement functions and agencies of 
State and local governments that perform law enforcement 
functions. 
(c) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—The Program shall be 
conducted in accordance with subchapter VI of chapter 33 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(d) QUALIFICATIONS.—An employee of an employing 
agency who performs law enforcement functions may be 
selected to participate in the Program if the employee—
(1) has been employed by that employing agen-
cy for a period of more than 3 years;
(2) has had appropriate training or experience 
to perform the work required by the assignment; 
(3) has had an overall rating of satisfactory or 
higher on performance appraisals from the employ-
ing agency during the 3-year period before being as-
signed to another agency under this section; and 
(4) agrees to return to the employing agency 
after completing the assignment for a period not less 
than the length of the assignment. 
(e) WRITTEN AGREEMENT.—An employee shall enter 
into a written agreement regarding the terms and condi-
tions of the assignment before beginning the assignment 
with another agency.
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