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Federal Law Enforcement Officers Pay Equity and Reform Act of 2002

Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 22, 2002

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Pay Equity and Reform Act of 2002 - Excludes availability pay for Federal criminal investigators from premium pay limitations.Requires a study by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regarding the need for, and potential benefits of, the establishment of a separate pay, evaluation, and promotion system for Federal law enforcement officers. Authorizes OPM to implement a demonstration project for such a system.Directs OPM to report to Congress on the definition of a Federal law enforcement officer for pay and benefit purposes. Requires such report to include recommendations of applying pay and benefit provisions (including retirement and premium pay provisions) to Federal employees who are not defined as law enforcement officers under those provisions.Directs the President to establish an employee exchange program between Federal agencies that perform law enforcement functions and State and local government agencies that perform such functions.

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Who introduced it

Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] · R–OH

Committees

  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
1 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

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  1. Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services.

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7166)

  3. Introduced in Senate

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