S.Amdt. 4274

SA 4274. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Booker) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title XI, add the following:

SEC. 1114. PAY PARITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYED AT JOINT BASES.

(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
(1) the term ``covered joint military installation'' means
a joint military installation--
(A) created as a result of the recommendations of the
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission in the 2005
base closure round; and
(B) for which the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory
Committee has recommended that the Office of Personnel
Management consolidate to be within the same pay locality;
(2) the term ``joint military installation'' means 2 or
more military installations reorganized or otherwise
associated and operated as a single military installation;
(3) the term ``locality pay'' means any amount payable
under section 5304 or 5304a of title 5, United States Code;
and
(4) the term ``pay locality'' has the meaning given that
term by section 5302(5) of title 5, United States Code.
(b) Pay Parity at Joint Bases.--If 2 or more military
installations were reorganized or otherwise associated as a
single covered joint military installation, and the
constituent installations are not all located within the same
pay locality, all Department of Defense employees of the
respective installations constituting the covered joint
military installation (who are otherwise entitled to locality
pay) shall receive locality pay at a uniform percentage equal
to the percentage which is payable with respect to the pay
locality which includes the constituent installation then
receiving the highest locality pay (expressed as a
percentage).
(c) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management shall
prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
(d) Applicability.--This section shall apply with respect
to pay periods beginning on or after such date (not later
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act) as the
Secretary of Defense shall determine, in consultation with
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
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