,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bj1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,cartwright 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,fattah1
 ,mr4 ,brady of ,pennsylvania1 ,ms4     
,schwartz1 and ,mr4 ,marino7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1  
to limit the number of local wage areas 
allowable within a ,general ,schedule   
pay locality4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,locality ,pay 
,equity ,act4  #b4 ,limiting the number 
of local wage areas defined within a    
,general ,schedule pay locality  7a7    
,local wage area limitation ,section    
#ecdc7;a7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in paragraph  
7#a77;,b77i71 by striking 7but such and 
all that follows through are employed72 
7#b7 in paragraph 7#d71 by striking and 
after the semicolon2  7#c7 in paragraph 
7#e71 by striking the period after      

,islands and inserting 2 and2 and  7#d7 
by adding at the end the following3     
7#f7 the ,office of ,personnel          
,management shall define not more than  
#a local wage area within a pay         
locality1 except that this paragraph    
shall not apply to the pay locality     
designated as ,rest of ,united ,states4 
4  7b7 ,pay locality defined ,section   
#ecdb7;a7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in paragraph  
7#b77;,c71 by striking and after the    
semicolon2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c71 by  
striking the period after employee and  
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#d7 pay        
locality has the same meaning as is     
given such term in section #ecjb7e74  4 
#c4 ,regulations ,the ,director of the  
,office of ,personnel ,management shall 
prescribe any regulations necessary to  
carry out the purpose of this ,act1     
including regulations to ensure that the
 enactment of this ,act shall not have  
the effect of reducing any rate of basic

 pay payable to any individual who is   
serving as a prevailing rate employee   
7as defined by section #ecdb7;a77#b7 of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code74  #d4  
,effective date ,this ,act and the      
amendments made by this ,act shall take 
effect at the start of the first full   
pay period beginning at least #ahj days 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4