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S 1561 117th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Wages and earnings

Locality Pay Equity Act of 2021

Introduced: May 11, 2021 See on congress.gov
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May 11, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 11, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Locality Pay Equity Act of 2021

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 the rate of basic pay for an individual serving as a prevailing rate employee.

What's happening now May 11, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4350 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
  • HR 3086 Identical bill Locality Pay Equity Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jun 13, 2022
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · May 11, 2021
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · May 11, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1561: Locality Pay Equity Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1561/
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"S. 1561: Locality Pay Equity Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1561/.
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