Title: U.S. Park Police Modernization Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
U.S. Park Police Modernization Act
This bill revises the pay scale that applies to officers and members of the U.S. Park Police by reducing the number of, and the time between, pay grade steps.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3924 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3924

To reduce the number of, and shorten the time between, pay grade steps 
  for officers and members of the United States Park Police, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2021

 Mr. Hice of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To reduce the number of, and shorten the time between, pay grade steps 
  for officers and members of the United States Park Police, 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 ``U.S. Park Police Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONDENSING THE SERVICE STEPS FOR UNITED STATES PARK POLICE 
              OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 501(c)(1) of the District of Columbia 
Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 5-545.01(c)(1), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) The annual rates of basic compensation of officers 
        and members of the United States Park Police, serving in 
        classes corresponding or similar to those in the salary 
        schedule in Sec.  5-541.01 shall be fixed in accordance with 
        the following schedule of rates:


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 ``Salary class and title    Step 1   Step 2   Step 3   Step 4   Step 5         Step 6              Step 7
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Time between steps                   52 weeks
                                         104 weeks
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Years in service                  0        1        2        3        5  7                    9
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1: Private                   49,251   52,144   54,548   58,376   62,256  64,649               67,064
3: Detective                                   63,354   66,375   69,396  72,378               75,411
4: Sergeant                                             68,792   72,246  75,537               78,842
5: Lieutenant1                                                   76,105  80,500               84,166
7: Captain1                                                              89,404               93,671
8: Inspector/Major1                                                      103,575              108,959
9: Deputy Chief1                                                         121,229              128,929
10: Assistant Chief2                                                     ...................  ..................
11: Chief, United States                                                 ...................  ..................
 Park Police3
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1The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 5, 7, 8, and 9 is limited to 95 percent of the rate of pay
  for level V of the Executive Schedule.
2The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 10 will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level
  V of the Executive Schedule.
3The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 11 will be equal to the rate of pay for level V of the
  Executive Schedule.



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  ``Salary class and
        title              Step 8          Step 9        Step 10        Step 11        Step 12        Step 13
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Time between steps                              104 weeks
                                 156 weeks
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Years in service       11              13             15             17             19             22
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1: Private             69,480          71,888         76,082         78,868         81,195         83,624
3: Detective           78,419          81,434         87,142         90,164         93,190         95,985
4: Sergeant            82,129          85,418         90,487         93,762         97,059         99,960
5: Lieutenant1         87,814          91,468         97,085         100,710        104,336        107,458
7: Captain1            97,877          102,140        108,598        112,288        117,192        120,706
8: Inspector/Major1    114,620         119,543        124,764        130,709        135,899        141,025
9: Deputy Chief1       136,626         142,300        147,975        153,615        153,615        153,615
10: Assistant Chief2   ..............  .............  .............  .............  .............  153,615
11: Chief, United      ..............  .............  .............  .............  .............  161,700
 States Park Police3
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1The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 5, 7, 8, and 9 is limited to 95 percent of the rate of pay
  for level V of the Executive Schedule.
2The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 10 will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level
  V of the Executive Schedule.
3The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 11 will be equal to the rate of pay for level V of the
  Executive Schedule.''.

    (b) Service Step Adjustments.--Section 303(a)(5) of the District of 
Columbia Police and Fireman's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 5-543.03(a)(5), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or 9'' and inserting 
        ``9, 10, or 11'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``10'' and inserting 
        ``12''; and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (D).
    (c) Prior Adjustments Disregarded.--Any adjustments to the annual 
rates of basic compensation of officers or members of the United States 
Park Police under section 501(c)(2) of the District of Columbia Police 
and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 5-545.01(c)(2), D.C. Official 
Code) on or before January 3, 2021, shall be disregarded.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--This section may not be construed as 
limiting or reducing any payment under section 501(c)(3) of the 
District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 5-
545.01(c)(3), D.C. Official Code).
    (e) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period 
beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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