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HR 3202 110th Congress House

Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008

Official title: To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to extend comparability pay adjustments to members of the Foreign Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the p… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to extend comparability pay adjustments to members of the Foreign Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving dependents of Foreign Service employees who die as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad.

Introduced: July 27, 2007 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
International Affairs Americans in foreign countriesFamiliesFederal employeesForeign service
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 24, 2008
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 571.
Sep 24, 2008
Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
Sep 24, 2008
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 110-877, Part I.
Jul 16, 2008
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 16, 2008
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 27, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 27, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 24, 2008

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 571.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide that Foreign Service officers designated class 1 or below stationed outside the continental United States and not in a non-foreign area receive locality-based comparability payments that would be paid to a member if his or her official duty station were in Washington, DC.

Phases in such adjustment pay.

Makes conforming amendments to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund and to the Foreign Service Pension System.

(Sec. 3) Amends the death gratuity computation payable to surviving dependents of Foreign Service officers who die from injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad to provide for payments at level II of the Executive Schedule at the time of death, except that for employees compensated under local compensation plans the amount shall be equal to the greater of one year's salary at the time of death or one year's salary at the highest step of the highest grade on the local compensation plan from which the employee was being paid at the time of death.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 8, 2008
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 11, 2008
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 17, 2008
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jul 27, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3202: Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3202/
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