To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that the wage schedules for all prevailing rate employees be adjusted consistently in accordance with public policy.

Establishes a uniform method for determining the pay of prevailing rate employees. (Current provisions exclude prevailing rate employees of the Department of Defense.)

 
HR 928 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
 H. R. 928
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that the wage schedules
for all prevailing rate employees be adjusted consistently in accordance
with public policy.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 9, 1989
Mr. BUSTAMANTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that the wage schedules
for all prevailing rate employees be adjusted consistently in accordance
with public policy.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. UNIFORM METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING WAGE SCHEDULES AND RATES.
  Paragraph (2) of section 5343(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
  `(2) When a lead agency determines that there is a number of comparable
  positions in private industry insufficient to establish the wage schedules
  and rates, such agency shall establish those schedules and rates on the
  basis of--
  `(A) local private industry rates; and
  `(B) rates paid for comparable positions in private industry in the nearest
  wage area that such agency determines is most similar in the nature of its
  population, employment, manpower, and industry to the local wage area for
  which the wage survey is being made.'.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; INITIAL ADJUSTMENT.
  (a) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by this Act shall, with respect to
  any prevailing rate employee, become effective as of the first day of the
  first applicable pay period beginning on or after the later of--
  (1) October 1, 1989; or
  (2) the ninetieth day after the date of enactment of this Act.
  (b) INITIAL ADJUSTMENT- In the case of a prevailing rate employee employed
  by the Department of Defense immediately before the effective date (with
  respect to such employee) of the amendment made by this Act, the rate
  of pay payable to such employee shall, as of such effective date (and
  until the next pay adjustment thereafter), be adjusted by such amount
  as may be necessary to comply with the amendment made by this Act and
  to make the rate of pay of that employee equal to that of a prevailing
  rate employee of the department other than the Department of Defense of
  identical classification and tenure, except that the rate which becomes
  payable as a result of that adjustment shall be at least equal to the rate
  which was payable immediately before such effective date.