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HR 4039 115th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Locality Pay Equity Act

Introduced: October 12, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Oct 12, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Oct 12, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Locality Pay Equity Act

This bill: (1) prohibits the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate employees within a pay locality, except with respect to the pay locality designated as "Rest of United States"; and (2) requires the OPM to ensure that this bill shall not have the effect of reducing any rate of basic pay for any individual who is serving as a prevailing rate employee.

What's happening now October 12, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2435 Related bill Locality Pay Equity Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · May 8, 2018
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Brownley, Julia
California · Oct 12, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4039: Locality Pay Equity Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4039/
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"H.R. 4039: Locality Pay Equity Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4039/.
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H.R. 4039, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4039/.
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