Federal Equitable Pay Practices Act of 1985 - Establishes the Commission on Equitable Pay Practices to determine: (1) whether the Government's position-classification system and prevailing rate system are designed and administered in accordance with the general policy that sex, race, and ethnicity should not be among factors considered in determining pay rates; and (2) whether the appointment and promotion practices under such systems are consistent with provisions of law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin.
Requires the Commission to conduct, by contract with a consultant selected under this Act, a study under which job-content analysis and economic analysis shall be applied to a representative sample of occupations in which: (1) either sex is numerically predominant; (2) any race is disproportionately represented; or (3) any ethnic group is disproportionately represented. Requires such consultant to perform a separate study on appointment and promotion practices.
Directs the Commission to report to the Congress and the President not later than 18 months after the Commission's date of establishment. Requires the Commission to include in its report a determination as to the extent of any differential in rates of basic pay between or among occupations not accounted for by the application of job-content or economic analyses.
Declares the consultant's study to be of an advisory nature.
Makes sums appropriated to the Office of Personnel Management for general operating expenses available to carry out this Act.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Report No: 99-232.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Report No: 99-232.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 154.
Rule Granted Providing an Open Rule with 1 Hour of Debate.
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.241 Reported to House.
Rule Passed House.
Called up by House as Privileged Matter.
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
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House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Separate Vote Demanded on Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 259 - 162 (Record Vote No: 352).
Roll Call #352 (House)Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 259 - 162 (Record Vote No: 352).
Roll Call #352 (House)Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from Civil Rights Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Federal Labor Relations Board, OPM, U.S. Postal Service, GAO, OMB, Defense Department, Health and Human Services Department, Justice Department, Labor Department.
Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from GAO.
Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Justice Department.