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H.R. 5761 117th Congress House

Pay Our Correctional Officers Fairly Act

Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide increased locality pay rates to certain Bureau of Prisons employees whose duty stations are located in the pay… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, 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 U.S.", and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 27, 2021 Introduced by: Randy K. Weber, Sr. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Oct 27, 2021
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 Latest action October 27, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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Pay Our Correctional Officers Fairly Act

This bill provides increased locality pay rates to certain Bureau of Prisons employees whose duty stations are located in the pay locality designated as Rest of U.S. The Rest of U.S. GS (general schedule) locality is the default locality area that applies to GS employees in any city that does not fall within another specified GS locality.

Such an employee shall not be subject to this bill if his or her official work site is not located within 100 miles of any pay locality other than Rest of U.S.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 1 Republican 11
Kuster, Ann
· Jul 20, 2022
 R
Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Jun 13, 2022
Gohmert, Louie
· Apr 26, 2022
 R
Donalds, Byron
Florida · Apr 14, 2022
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Mar 29, 2022
 R
Meuser, Daniel
Pennsylvania · Mar 29, 2022
 R
Gooden, Lance
Texas · Mar 7, 2022
 R
Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Jan 20, 2022
Trone, David
· Dec 14, 2021
McKinley, David
· Nov 5, 2021
Bucshon, Larry
· Nov 1, 2021
Davis, Rodney
· Nov 1, 2021
 R
Babin, Brian
Texas · Oct 27, 2021
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Oct 27, 2021
Cartwright, Matt
· Oct 27, 2021
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Oct 27, 2021
 R
Higgins, Clay
Louisiana · Oct 27, 2021
 R
Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · Oct 27, 2021
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Oct 27, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5761: Pay Our Correctional Officers Fairly Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5761/
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"H.R. 5761: Pay Our Correctional Officers Fairly Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5761/.
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H.R. 5761, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5761/.
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