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S 3426 110th Congress Senate International Affairs Cost of living adjustments Families Foreign service Labor and Employment Salaries Survivors' benefits

Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008

Introduced: August 1, 2008 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 23, 2008
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1047.
Sep 23, 2008
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Dodd without amendment. Without written report.
Sep 23, 2008
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Aug 1, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Aug 1, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008 - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to: (1) extend comparability pay adjustments to Foreign Service members assigned abroad; and (2) amend the death gratuity computation payable to surviving dependents of Foreign Service employees who die from injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad.

What's happening now September 23, 2008

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1047.

 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Aug 1, 2008
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Aug 1, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3426: Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3426/
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"S. 3426: Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3426/.
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