,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgga  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #h   
7legislative day1 ,february #g71        
#bjbd,mr4 ,cassidy 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,blumenthal1 and ,mr4 ,casey7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1
 ,united ,states ,code1 to provide      
increased locality pay rates to certain 
,bureau of ,prisons employees whose duty
 stations are located in the pay        
locality designated as ,rest of ,u4,s41 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,pay ,our ,correctional ,officers       
,fairly ,act4  #b4 ,providing nearest   
other locality pay rate for certain     
,bureau of ,prisons employees receiving 
,rest of ,u4,s4 locality rate ,section  
#ecjd of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended by redesignating      
subsection 7i7 as subsection 7j7 and by 

inserting after subsection 7h7 the      
following3  7i7 7#a7 ,notwithstanding   
any other provision of this chapter1 and
 consistent with paragraph 7#b71 the    
official worksite of an employee of the 
,bureau of ,prisons that is otherwise   
located in the pay locality designated  
as ,rest of ,u4,s4 shall be considered  
to be located in the nearest other pay  
locality established pursuant to this   
section4  7#b7 ,for purposes of carrying
 out paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 if more than 
one pay locality is within #bjj miles of
 the official worksite of such an       
employee1 such worksite shall be        
considered to be located in the pay     
locality with the highest comparability 
payment2 and  7,b7 an employee of the   
,bureau of ,prisons shall not be subject
 to paragraph 7#a7 if the official      
worksite of such employee is not within 
#bjj miles of the nearest boundary of   
any pay locality other than ,rest of    
,u4,s44  4  #c4 ,providing higher wage  
area pay for certain ,bureau of ,prisons

 employees ,section #ecdc of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7g7   
7#a7 ,in this subsection-- 7,a7 the term
 covered pay locality-- 7i7 means a pay 
locality established under section #ecjd
 that includes the boundaries of #b or  
more wage areas established under this  
section2 and  7ii7 does not include the 
pay locality designated as ,rest of the 
,u4,s42  7,b7 the term covered wage area
 means a wage area established under    
this section1 the boundary of which is  
located within the boundaries of a      
covered pay locality2  7,c7 the term    
nearest other wage area means a wage    
area1 a boundary of which is located    
within the boundaries of a nearest other
 pay locality established under section 
#ecjd7;i72 and  7,d7 the term ,rest of  
,u4,s4 wage area means a wage area      
located in the pay locality designated  
as ,rest of the ,u4,s44  7#b7 7,a7 ,a   
prevailing rate employee of the ,bureau 
of ,prisons employed in a ,rest of      

,u4,s4 wage area shall be paid at the   
higher wage schedule and rate of the    
nearest other wage area established     
under this paragraph and the wage area  
of the employee4  7,b7 ,for purposes of 
carrying out subparagraph 7,a71 if the  
nearest other pay locality established  
under section #ecjd7;i7 contains the    
boundaries of #b or more wage areas     
established under this section-- 7i7 the
 employee shall be paid at the wage     
schedule and rate for employees at the  
nearest other ,bureau of ,prisons       
facility within #bjj miles of the       
nearest boundary of the nearest other   
pay locality established under section  
#ecjd7;i72 and  7ii7 if there is no     
,bureau of ,prisons facility in the     
nearest other pay locality established  
under section #ecjd7;i71 the employee   
shall be paid at the wage schedule and  
rate for the nearest other wage area    
that the ,bureau of ,prisons determines 
is most similar in population1          
employment1 manpower1 and industry to   

the wage area of the employee1 as in    
effect on the day before the date of    
enactment of this subsection4  7#c7 ,a  
prevailing rate employee of the ,bureau 
of ,prisons employed in a covered wage  
area shall be paid at the highest       
applicable wage schedule and rate for   
any wage area located in the covered pay
 locality4  4  #d4 ,applicability ,the  
amendments made by this ,act shall apply
 to any pay period beginning on or after
 the date that is #ahj days after the   
date of enactment of this ,act4