Pay Our Correctional Officers Fairly Act
Latest action · Oct 27, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 27, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pay Our Correctional Officers Fairly Act
This bill provides increased locality pay rates to certain Bureau of Prisons employees whose duty stations are located in the pay locality designated as Rest of U.S. The Rest of U.S. GS (general schedule) locality is the default locality area that applies to GS employees in any city that does not fall within another specified GS locality.
Such an employee shall not be subject to this bill if his or her official work site is not located within 100 miles of any pay locality other than Rest of U.S.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 27, 2021 to Jul 20, 2022; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Jan 20, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Jun 13, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jul 20, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Oct 27, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2021Introduced in House
- Oct 27, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 189, October 27, 2021, page H5959.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide increased locality pay rates to certain Bureau of Prisons employees whose duty stations are located in the pay locality designated as "Rest of U.S.", and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Pay Our Correctional Officers Fairly Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2021Introduced in House
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