,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #bg1         
#bjai,mr4 ,harder of ,california        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
enhance the salaries of ,federal        
employees1 including employees of the   
,department of ,veterans ,affairs1 in   
,stanislaus ,county1 ,california1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,fair    
,pay for the ,modesto ,,va ,act4  #b4   
,enhancement of salaries of ,federal    
employees in ,stanislaus ,county1       
,california  7a7 ,cost of living in     
determining rates of pay for ,,va       
employees  7#a7 ,in general             
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 cost of living shall be included in
 any determination of the rate of basic 
pay for any position within the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs where 
the duty station is located in          

,stanislaus ,county1 ,california4  7#b7 
,redetermination of rates of pay ,not   
later than the first day of the first   
pay period beginning on or after        
,january #a1 #bjbj1 and not less than   
once during each subsequent five-year   
period1 the rate of basic pay for each  
position described under paragraph 7#a7 
shall be redetermined4  7b7             
,locality-,based comparability payments 
for ,federal employees ,beginning on the
 date that is #c months after the date  
of the enactment of this ,act1          
,stanislaus ,county1 ,california1 shall 
be included in the locality pay area    
applicable to ,san ,francisco1          
,california1 pursuant to section #ecjd  
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7c7
 ,application ,nothing in this ,act     
shall be construed to-- 7#a7 result in a
 lower rate of basic pay for any        
position affected by the requirements of
 subsection 7a7 or 7b7 otherwise payable
 for that position but for the          
requirements of this ,act2  7#b7 affect 

any payment in addition to basic pay    
that an employee occupying such a       
position is eligible to receive1        
including locality pay under section    
#ecjd of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 or any allowance1 differential1  
bonus1 award1 or other similar cash     
payment under such title or title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code2 or  7#c7         
supersede or otherwise affect any       
limitation on total pay1 including the  
limitation provided in section #ecjg of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4