S.Amdt. 4169

SA 4169. Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Hirono, Mr.
Schatz, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Murray,
Ms. Warren, Mr. Warner, Mr. Udall, Mr. Coons, and Ms. Collins)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4163
proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill H.R. 695, of 1993 to establish a
voluntary national criminal history background check system and
criminal history review program for certain individuals who, related to
their employment, have access to children, the elderly, or individuals
with disabilities, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. COLA.

(a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for employees
under the statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal
year 2019 under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code,
shall be an increase of 1.4 percent, and the overall average
percentage of the adjustments taking effect in such fiscal
year under sections 5304 and 5304a of such title 5 shall be
an increase of 0.5 percent (with comparability payments to be
determined and allocated among pay localities by the
President). All adjustments under this subsection shall be
effective as of the first day of the first applicable pay
period beginning on or after January 1, 2019.
(b) Notwithstanding section 737 of the Financial Services
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018 (division E
of Public Law 115-141), the adjustment in rates of basic pay
for the statutory pay systems that take place in fiscal year
2019 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States
Code, shall be no less than the percentages in subsection (a)
as employees in the same location whose rates of basic pay
are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems under
section 5303, 5304, and 5304a of title 5, United States Code.
Prevailing rate employees at locations where there are no
employees whose pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303,
5304, and 5304a of such title 5 and prevailing rate employees
described in section 5343(a)(5) of such title 5 shall be
considered to be located in the pay locality designated as
``Rest of U.S.'' pursuant to section 5304 of such title 5 for
purposes of this subsection.
(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid from
appropriations, which are made to each applicable department
or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2019.

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