[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1260 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1260

To reduce the number of, and shorten the time between, pay grade steps 
  for officers and members of the United States Park Police, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2025

 Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
            the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To reduce the number of, and shorten the time between, pay grade steps 
  for officers and members of the United States Park Police, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``U.S. Park Police Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONDENSING THE SERVICE STEPS FOR UNITED STATES PARK POLICE 
              OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 501(c)(1) of the District of Columbia 
Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 5-545.01(c)(1), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) The annual rates of basic compensation of officers 
        and members of the United States Park Police, serving in 
        classes corresponding or similar to those in the salary 
        schedule in Sec.  5-541.01 shall be fixed in accordance with 
        the following schedule of rates:


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 ``Salary class and title    Step 1   Step 2   Step 3   Step 4   Step 5         Step 6              Step 7
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Time between steps                   52 weeks
                                         104 weeks
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Years in service                  0        1        2        3         5  7                   9
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1: Private                   55,801   59,084   61,808   66,141    70,531  73,244              75,989
1: Private (Technician)      59,149   62,629   65,516   70,109    74,763  77,639              80,548
1: Private (Pilot)           59,707   63,220   66,135   70,771    75,468  78,371              81,308
3: Detective                          68,353   71,774   75,205    78,626  82,003              85,436
4: Sergeant (Line)                             74,449   78,147    81,851  85,587              89,322
4: Sergeant (Detective)                        78,916   82,836    86,762  90,722              94,681
4: Sergeant (Technician)                       78,916   82,836    86,762  90,722              94,681
4: Sergeant (Pilot)                            79,660   83,617    87,581  91,578              95,575
5: Lieutenant1                                          82,119    86,225  91,205              95,356
7: Captain1                                                       96,453  101,294             106,126
8: Inspector/Major1                                                       ..................  ..................
9: Deputy Chief1                                                          ..................  ..................
10: Assistant Chief2                                                      ..................  ..................
11: Chief, United States                                                  ..................  ..................
 Park Police3
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1The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 5, 7, 8, and 9 is limited to 95 percent of the rate of pay
  for level V of the Executive Schedule.
2The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 10 will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level
  V of the Executive Schedule.
3The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 11 will be equal to the rate of pay for level V of the
  Executive Schedule.



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  ``Salary class and
        title              Step 8          Step 9        Step 10        Step 11        Step 12        Step 13
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Time between steps                                             104 weeks
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Years in service       11              13             15             17             19             22
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1: Private             78,720          81,448         86,197         89,353         91,995         94,739
1: Private             83,443          86,335         91,369         94,714         97,515         100,423
 (Technician)
1: Private (Pilot)     84,230          87,149         92,231         95,608         98,435         101,371
3: Detective           88,854          92,264         98,732         102,149        105,585        108,745
4: Sergeant (Line)     93,054          96,773         102,522        106,227        109,964        113,245
4: Sergeant            98,637          102,579        108,673        112,601        116,562        120,040
 (Detective)
4: Sergeant            98,637          102,579        108,673        112,601        116,562        120,040
 (Technician)
4: Sergeant (Pilot)    99,568          103,547        109,699        113,663        117,661        121,172
5: Lieutenant1         99,489          103,628        109,990        114,105        118,211        121,738
7: Captain1            110,887         115,715        123,038        127,898        132,772        136,756
8: Inspector/Major1    129,860         135,428        141,344        148,089        153,959        159,770
9: Deputy Chief1       154,791         161,215        167,645        173,945        173,945        173,945
10: Assistant Chief2   ..............  .............  .............  .............  .............  173,945
11: Chief, United      ..............  .............  .............  .............  .............  183,100
 States Park Police3
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1The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 5, 7, 8, and 9 is limited to 95 percent of the rate of pay
  for level V of the Executive Schedule.
2The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 10 will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level
  V of the Executive Schedule.
3The rate of basic pay for positions in Salary Class 11 will be equal to the rate of pay for level V of the
  Executive Schedule.''.

    (b) Service Step Adjustments.--Section 303(a)(5) of the District of 
Columbia Police and Fireman's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 5-543.03(a)(5), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or 9'' and inserting 
        ``9, 10, or 11'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``10'' and inserting 
        ``12''; and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (D).
    (c) Prior Adjustments Disregarded.--Any adjustments to the annual 
rates of basic compensation of officers or members of the United States 
Park Police under section 501(c)(2) of the District of Columbia Police 
and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 5-545.01(c)(2), D.C. Official 
Code) on or before January 12, 2025, shall be disregarded.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--This section may not be construed as 
limiting or reducing any payment under section 501(c)(3) of the 
District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (sec. 5-
545.01(c)(3), D.C. Official Code).
    (e) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period 
beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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