text: SECTION 1. ADJUSTED DIFFERENTIALS.
  
      (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 404(b) of the Federal Law 
  Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 (5 U.S.C. 5305 note) is amended by 
  striking the matter after ``follows:'' and inserting the following:
  
            ``Area                                           Differential
          Atlanta Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.     16.82% 
          Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT-RI               24.42% 
              Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
          Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Consolidated             25.68% 
              Metropolitan Statistical Area.
          Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Consolidated              21.47% 
              Metropolitan Statistical Area.
          Cleveland Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical         17.83% 
              Area.
          Columbus Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area     16.90% 
          Dallas Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area..     18.51% 
          Dayton Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area..     15.97% 
          Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Consolidated                 22.78% 
              Metropolitan Statistical Area.
          Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Consolidated                25.61% 
              Metropolitan Statistical Area.
          Hartford, CT Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical      24.47% 
              Area.
          Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Consolidated             30.39% 
              Metropolitan Statistical Area.
          Huntsville Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical        13.29% 
              Area.
          Indianapolis Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical      13.38% 
              Area.
          Kansas City Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical       14.11% 
              Area.
          Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA                 27.25% 
              Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
          Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Consolidated Metropolitan     21.75% 
              Statistical Area.
          Milwaukee Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical         17.45% 
              Area.
          Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Consolidated                20.27% 
              Metropolitan Statistical Area.
          New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-     27.11% 
              PA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
          Orlando, FL Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical       14.22% 
              Area.
          Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD      21.03% 
              Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
          Pittsburgh Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical        14.89% 
              Area.
          Portland-Salem, OR-WA Consolidated Metropolitan         20.96% 
              Statistical Area.
          Richmond Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area     16.46% 
          Sacramento-Yolo, CA Consolidated Metropolitan           20.77% 
              Statistical Area.
          San Diego, CA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical     22.13% 
              Area.
          San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Consolidated         32.98% 
              Metropolitan Statistical Area.
          Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Consolidated               21.18% 
              Metropolitan Statistical Area.
          St. Louis Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical         14.69% 
              Area.
          Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Consolidated          19.48% 
              Metropolitan Statistical Area.
          Rest of United States Consolidated Metropolitan       14.19%''.
              Statistical Area.
      (b) Special Rules.--For purposes of the provision of law amended by 
  subsection (a)--
              (1) the counties of Providence, Kent, Washington, Bristol, 
          and Newport, RI, the counties of York and Cumberland, ME, and 
          the city of Concord, NH, shall be treated as if located in the 
          Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT-RI Consolidated 
          Metropolitan Statistical Area; and
              (2) members of the Capitol Police shall be considered to be 
          law enforcement officers within the meaning of section 402 of 
          the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990.
      (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)--
              (1) shall take effect as if included in the Federal Law 
          Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 on the date of the enactment 
          of such Act; and
              (2) shall be effective only with respect to pay for service 
          performed in pay periods beginning on or after the date of the 
          enactment of this Act.
  Subsection (b) shall be applied in a manner consistent with the 
  preceding sentence.
  
  SEC. 2. SEPARATE PAY, EVALUATION, AND PROMOTION SYSTEM FOR FEDERAL LAW 
                ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
  
      (a) Study.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment 
  of this Act, the Office of Personnel Management shall study and submit 
  to Congress a report which shall contain its findings and 
  recommendations regarding the need for, and the potential benefits to 
  be derived from, the establishment of a separate pay, evaluation, and 
  promotion system for Federal law enforcement officers. In carrying out 
  this subsection, the Office of Personnel Management shall take into 
  account the findings and recommendations contained in the September 
  1993 report of the Office entitled ``A Plan to Establish a New Pay and 
  Job Evaluation System for Federal Law Enforcement Officers''.
      (b) Demonstration Project.--
              (1) In general.--If, after completing its report under 
          subsection (a), the Office of Personnel Management considers it 
          to be appropriate, the Office shall implement, within 12 months 
          after the date of the enactment of this Act, a demonstration 
          project to determine whether a separate system for Federal law 
          enforcement officers (as described in subsection (a)) would 
          result in improved Federal personnel management.
              (2) Applicable provisions.--Any demonstration project under 
          this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with the 
          provisions of chapter 47 of title 5, United States Code, except 
          that a project under this subsection shall not be taken into 
          account for purposes of the numerical limitation under section 
          4703(d)(2) of such title.
              (3) Permanent changes.--Not later than 6 months before the 
          demonstration project's scheduled termination date, the Office 
          of Personnel Management shall submit to Congress--
                      (A) its evaluation of the system tested under the 
                  demonstration project; and
                      (B) recommendations as to whether or not that 
                  system (or any aspects of that system) should be 
                  continued or extended to other Federal law enforcement 
                  officers.
      (c) Federal Law Enforcement Officer Defined.--In this section, the 
  term ``Federal law enforcement officer'' means a law enforcement 
  officer as defined under section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, 
  United States Code.
  
  SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY.
  
      (a) In General.--Section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, is 
  amended--
              (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``5545a,'';
              (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``or 5545a''; and
              (3) in subsection (d), by striking the period and inserting 
          ``or a criminal investigator who is paid availability pay under 
          section 5545a.''.
      (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
  effect as if included in the enactment of section 1114 of the National 
  Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107; 115 
  Stat. 1239).
target: Amends the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to revise the special pay adjustments for (percentage differentials payable to) Federal law enforcement officers in specified consolidated metropolitan statistical areas. Includes Capitol Police as law enforcement officers under such Act.Directs the Office of Personnel Management: (1) to study and report to Congress on the need for, and the potential benefits to be derived from, the establishment of a separate pay, evaluation, and promotion system for Federal law enforcement officers; (2) if it considers it to be appropriate, to implement a demonstration project to determine whether a separate system for such officers would result in improved Federal personnel management; and (3) to submit to Congress its evaluation of the system tested under the demonstration project and recommendations as to whether that system should be continued or extended to other Federal law enforcement officers.Eliminates the limitation on the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay with respect to availability pay for Federal criminal investigators.
feat_title: A bill to amend the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to adjust the percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas, and for other purposes.