text: SECTION 1. ADJUSTMENTS TO RATES OF BASIC PAY OF PREVAILING RATE 
                EMPLOYEES.
  
      (a) Limitation on Adjustments.--
              (1) Prevailing rate employees of agencies.--Notwithstanding 
          any other provision of law, and except as otherwise provided in 
          this section, a prevailing rate employee described in section 
          5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, may not be paid--
                      (A) during the period beginning on January 1, 2014, 
                  and ending on the normal effective date of the 
                  applicable wage survey adjustment that is to take 
                  effect in fiscal year 2014, in an amount that exceeds 
                  the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of 
                  the applicable wage schedule in accordance with such 
                  section; and
                      (B) during the period beginning on the day after 
                  the end of the period described in subparagraph (A) and 
                  ending on September 30, 2014, in an amount that 
                  exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the 
                  rate payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 
                  sum of--
                              (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
                          in fiscal year 2014 under section 5303 of title 
                          5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 
                          under the General Schedule; and
                              (ii) the difference between the overall 
                          average percentage of the locality-based 
                          comparability payments taking effect in fiscal 
                          year 2014 under section 5304 of such title 
                          (whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the 
                          overall average percentage of such payments 
                          which was effective in the previous fiscal year 
                          under such section.
              (2) Other prevailing rate employees.--Notwithstanding any 
          other provision of law, no prevailing rate employee described 
          in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, 
          United States Code, and no employee covered by section 5348 of 
          such title, may be paid during the periods for which paragraph 
          (1) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be 
          payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to 
          such employee.
              (3) Employees paid from new schedules.--For the purposes of 
          this subsection, the rates payable to an employee who is 
          covered by this subsection and who is paid from a schedule not 
          in existence on September 30, 2013, shall be determined under 
          regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.
              (4) Rates of premium pay.--Notwithstanding any other 
          provision of law, rates of premium pay for employees subject to 
          this subsection may not be changed from the rates in effect on 
          September 30, 2013, except to the extent determined by the 
          Office of Personnel Management to be consistent with the 
          purpose of this subsection.
              (5) Period covered.--This subsection shall apply with 
          respect to pay for service performed on or after the first day 
          of the first applicable pay period beginning after December 31, 
          2013.
              (6) Treatment under other laws.--For the purpose of 
          administering any provision of law (including any rule or 
          regulation that provides premium pay, retirement, life 
          insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires any 
          deduction or contribution, or that imposes any requirement or 
          limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the 
          rate of salary or basic pay payable after the application of 
          this subsection shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic 
          pay.
              (7) Limitations.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
          considered to permit or require the payment to any employee 
          covered by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that 
          would be payable were this subsection not in effect.
              (8) Exceptions.--The Office of Personnel Management may 
          provide for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this 
          subsection if the Office determines that such exceptions are 
          necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified 
          employees.
      (b) Comparability of Adjustments.--
              (1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), effective 
          as of the first day of the first applicable pay period 
          beginning after December 31, 2013, the percentage increase in 
          rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems under sections 
          5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, that takes place 
          in fiscal year 2014 shall be not less than the percentage 
          increase received by employees in the same pay locality whose 
          rates of basic pay are adjusted under sections 5303 and 5304 of 
          title 5, United States Code.
              (2) Pay localities.--For the purposes of this subsection, 
          prevailing rate employees in localities where there are no 
          employees whose pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 
          5304 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 
          employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United 
          States Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay 
          locality designated as ``Rest of United States'' under section 
          5304 of title 5, United States Code.
target: Prohibits any prevailing rate employee in a federal agency, between January 1 and September 30, 2014, from being paid an amount exceeding specified limits resulting from an applicable wage survey adjustment. Prohibits the percentage increase in wages paid to a prevailing wage employee in FY2014 from being less than the percentage increase in the basic pay of other federal employees in the same pay locality. 
feat_title: To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.