,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cegc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ba1       
#bjac,mr4 ,cartwright 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,utah1 ,mr4     
,loebsack1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,wolf1  
,mr4 ,wittman1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mrs4       
,bustos1 ,mr4 ,austin ,scott of         
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,runyan1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 
,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 and ,mr4 ,perlmutter7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to ensure that the percentage  
increase in rates of basic pay for      
prevailing wage employees shall be equal
 to the percentage increase received by 
other ,federal employees in the same pay
 locality1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,adjustments to rates of basic pay of   
prevailing rate employees  7a7          
,limitation on adjustments  7#a7        
,prevailing rate employees of agencies  
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 and except as otherwise provided in

 this section1 a prevailing rate        
employee described in section           
#ecdb7;a77#b77;,a7 of title #e1 ,united 
,states ,code1 may not be paid-- 7,a7   
during the period beginning on ,january 
#a1 #bjad1 and ending on the normal     
effective date of the applicable wage   
survey adjustment that is to take effect
 in fiscal year #bjad1 in an amount that
 exceeds the rate payable for the       
applicable grade and step of the        
applicable wage schedule in accordance  
with such section2 and  7,b7 during the 
period beginning on the day after the   
end of the period described in          
subparagraph 7,a7 and ending on         
,september #cj1 #bjad1 in an amount that
 exceeds1 as a result of a wage survey  
adjustment1 the rate payable under      
subparagraph 7,a7 by more than the sum  
of-- 7i7 the percentage adjustment      
taking effect in fiscal year #bjad under
 section #ecjc of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 in the rates of pay under
 the ,general ,schedule2 and  7ii7 the  

difference between the overall average  
percentage of the locality-based        
comparability payments taking effect in 
fiscal year #bjad under section #ecjd of
 such title 7whether by adjustment or   
otherwise71 and the overall average     
percentage of such payments which was   
effective in the previous fiscal year   
under such section4  7#b7 ,other        
prevailing rate employees               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 no prevailing rate employee        
described in subparagraph 7,b7 or 7,c7  
of section #ecdb7;a77#b7 of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code1 and no employee  
covered by section #ecdh of such title1 
may be paid during the periods for which
 paragraph 7#a7 is in effect at a rate  
that exceeds the rates that would be    
payable under paragraph 7#a7 were       
paragraph 7#a7 applicable to such       
employee4  7#c7 ,employees paid from new
 schedules ,for the purposes of this    
subsection1 the rates payable to an     
employee who is covered by this         

subsection and who is paid from a       
schedule not in existence on ,september 
#cj1 #bjac1 shall be determined under   
regulations prescribed by the ,office of
 ,personnel ,management4  7#d7 ,rates of
 premium pay ,notwithstanding any other 
provision of law1 rates of premium pay  
for employees subject to this subsection
 may not be changed from the rates in   
effect on ,september #cj1 #bjac1 except 
to the extent determined by the ,office 
of ,personnel ,management to be         
consistent with the purpose of this     
subsection4  7#e7 ,period covered ,this 
subsection shall apply with respect to  
pay for service performed on or after   
the first day of the first applicable   
pay period beginning after ,december    
#ca1 #bjac4  7#f7 ,treatment under other
 laws ,for the purpose of administering 
any provision of law 7including any rule
 or regulation that provides premium    
pay1 retirement1 life insurance1 or any 
other employee benefit7 that requires   
any deduction or contribution1 or that  

imposes any requirement or limitation on
 the basis of a rate of salary or basic 
pay1 the rate of salary or basic pay    
payable after the application of this   
subsection shall be treated as the rate 
of salary or basic pay4  7#g7           
,limitations ,nothing in this subsection
 shall be considered to permit or       
require the payment to any employee     
covered by this subsection at a rate in 
excess of the rate that would be payable
 were this subsection not in effect4    
7#h7 ,exceptions ,the ,office of        
,personnel ,management may provide for  
exceptions to the limitations imposed by
 this subsection if the ,office         
determines that such exceptions are     
necessary to ensure the recruitment or  
retention of qualified employees4  7b7  
,comparability of adjustments  7#a7 ,in 
general ,notwithstanding subsection 7a71
 effective as of the first day of the   
first applicable pay period beginning   
after ,december #ca1 #bjac1 the         
percentage increase in rates of basic   

pay for the statutory pay systems under 
sections #ecdd and #ecdh of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code1 that takes place 
in fiscal year #bjad shall be not less  
than the percentage increase received by
 employees in the same pay locality     
whose rates of basic pay are adjusted   
under sections #ecjc and #ecjd of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,pay   
localities ,for the purposes of this    
subsection1 prevailing rate employees in
 localities where there are no employees
 whose pay is increased pursuant to     
sections #ecjc and #ecjd of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code1 and prevailing   
rate employees described in section     
#ecdc7;a77#e7 of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 shall be considered to be
 located in the pay locality designated 
as ,rest of ,united ,states under       
section #ecjd of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code4