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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 466
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
JANUARY 29, 2003
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. QUINN, Mr. WALSH, Mrs. KELLY,
Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. PAS-
TOR, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. PALLONE, Ms.
ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. WEINER, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART
of Florida, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. WOLF, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. CLAY, Mrs.
MALONEY, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr.
ANDREWS, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. PAYNE,
and Mr. HOLT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on 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. 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 Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ....................
16.82%
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT-RI Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area ...................................................
24.42%
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Consolidated Metropolitan
Statistical Area ........................................................................
25.68%
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Consolidated Metropolitan
Statistical Area ........................................................................
21.47%
Cleveland Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ................
17.83%
Columbus Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ................
16.90%
Dallas Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ......................
18.51%
Dayton Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ....................
15.97%
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Consolidated Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area ..................................................................................
22.78%
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Consolidated Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area ..................................................................................
25.61%
Hartford, CT Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ..........
24.47%
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Consolidated Metropolitan
Statistical Area ........................................................................
30.39%
Huntsville Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ...............
13.29%
Indianapolis Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ............
13.38%
Kansas City Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ............
14.11%
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA Consolidated Metro-
politan Statistical Area ............................................................
27.25%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Consolidated Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area ..................................................................................
21.75%
Milwaukee Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ...............
17.45%
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Consolidated Metropolitan Sta-
tistical Area ..............................................................................
20.27%
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area .............................
27.17%
Orlando, FL Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ...........
14.22%
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD Consoli-
dated Metropolitan Statistical Area .........................................
21.03%
Pittsburgh Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ...............
14.89%
Portland-Salem, OR-WA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical
Area ..........................................................................................
20.96%
Richmond Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ................
16.46%
Sacramento-Yolo, CA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical
Area ..........................................................................................
20.77%
San Diego, CA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area ........
22.13%
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Consolidated Metropoli-
tan Statistical Area ..................................................................
32.98%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Consolidated Metropolitan Sta-
tistical Area ..............................................................................
21.18%
St. Louis Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area .................
14.69%
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Consolidated Metro-
politan Statistical Area ............................................................
19.48%
Rest of United States Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical
Area ..........................................................................................
14.19%’’.
(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 Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 on
the date of the enactment of such Act; 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.
Subsection (b) shall be applied in a manner consistent
with the preceding sentence.
SEC. 2. 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).
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