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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2837 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide for higher minimum pay for certain U.S. Border Patrol agents, |
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| 6 | 6 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL25, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. T |
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| 10 | 10 | | ONYGONZALESof Texas introduced the following bill; which was |
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| 11 | 11 | | referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To provide for higher minimum pay for certain U.S. Border |
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| 14 | 14 | | Patrol agents, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Border Patrol Pay 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Parity Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. HIGHER MINIMUM PAY FOR CERTAIN U.S. BORDER 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | PATROL AGENTS. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) H |
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| 23 | 23 | | IGHERMINIMUMRATE OFPAY.—Not later 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | than January 1, 2024, the Director of the Office of Per-9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | sonnel Management— 10 |
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| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:57 May 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2837.IH H2837 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 2837 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) shall, in accordance with section 5305 of 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | title 5, United States Code— 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (A) increase the minimum rate of pay for 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | U.S. Border Patrol agents at the grade GS–12 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the General Schedule by not less than 14 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | percent; and 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (B) increase other grades or levels, occupa-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tional groups, series, classes, or subdivisions 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | thereof, as determined by the Secretary of 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Homeland Security; and 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) may make increases in all rates in the pay 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | range for each such grade or level, in accordance 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | with such section 5305. 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) I |
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| 43 | 43 | | NAPPLICABILITY.—The discretion granted to 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | agency heads under section 5305(a)(2) of title 5, United 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | States Code, shall not apply to increase in rates of pay 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | authorized under subsection (a). 17 |
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