Civil Service Federal Employee Serving Overseas Pay Equity Act
Bill: H.R.9465 | Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin (D-TX)
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Civil Service Federal Employee Serving Overseas Pay Equity Act
This bill provides for locality pay for federal employees who are teleworking overseas under a Domestic Employee Teleworking Overseas agreement, specifically the locality pay for where they would have been working in the United States or what they would receive as a member of the Foreign Service, whichever is lower.

To provide locality pay to Federal employees working overseas under 
        domestic teleworking agreements, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Civil Service Federal Employee 
Serving Overseas Pay Equity Act''.

SEC. 2. LOCALITY PAY FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WORKING OVERSEAS UNDER 
              DOMESTIC EMPLOYEE TELEWORKING OVERSEAS AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Civil service.--The term ``civil service'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 2101 of title 5, United 
        States Code.
            (2) Covered employee.--The term ``covered employee'' means 
        an employee who--
                    (A) occupies a position in the civil service; and
                    (B) is working overseas under a Domestic Employee 
                Teleworking Overseas agreement.
            (3) Locality pay.--The term ``locality pay'' means a 
        locality-based comparability payment paid in accordance with 
        subsection (b).
            (4) Nonforeign area.--The term ``nonforeign area'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 591.205 of title 5, Code of 
        Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.
            (5) Overseas.--The term ``overseas'' means any geographic 
        location that is not in--
                    (A) the continental United States; or
                    (B) a nonforeign area.
    (b) Payment of Locality Pay.--Each covered employee shall be paid 
locality pay in an amount that is equal to the lesser of--
            (1) the amount of a locality-based comparability payment 
        that the covered employee would have been paid under section 
        5304 or 5304a of title 5, United States Code, had the official 
        duty station of the covered employee not been changed to 
        reflect an overseas location under the applicable Domestic 
        Employee Teleworking Overseas agreement; or
            (2) the amount of a locality-based comparability payment 
        that the covered employee would be paid under section 1113 of 
        the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32), 
        as limited under section 9802(c)(2) of the James M. Inhofe 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, if the 
        covered employee were an eligible member of the Foreign Service 
        (as defined in subsection (b) of such section 1113).
    (c) Application.--Locality pay paid to a covered employee under 
this section--
            (1) shall begin to be paid not later than 60 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) shall be treated in the same manner, and subject to the 
        same terms and conditions, as a locality-based comparability 
        payment paid under section 5304 or 5304a of title 5, United 
        States Code.
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