A bill to amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 to increase salaries.

States that, effective on the first day of the pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1974, the annual rate of basic compensation of the officers and members in active service on the effective date of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act Amendments of 1973 shall be increased by 15 percent and for each succeeding calendar year the percentage increase shall hot be less than the percentage change, if any, of the annual Consumer Price Index as issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the District of Columbia standard metropolitan statistical area, and in no case shall the basic rates of compensation of such officers and members be less than the basic rates of compensation of officers and members (of comparable rank, experience, and responsibility) in urban police departments of comparable size and having comparable crime rates (based on the Federal Bureau of Investigation statistic).