Federal Equitable Pay Practices Act of 1985

Summary

Federal Equitable Pay Practices Act of 1985 - Establishes the Commission on Equitable Pay Practices to determine whether the Government's position-classification system and prevailing rate system are designed and administered in accordance with the general policy that sex, race, and ethnicity should not be among factors considered in determining pay rates. Requires the Commission to conduct, by contract with a consultant selected under this Act, a study under which job-content analysis and economic analysis shall be applied to a representative sample of occupations in which: (1) either sex is numerically predominant; (2) any race is disproportionately represented; or (3) any ethnic group is disproportionately represented. Directs the Commission to report to the Congress and the President on the results of such study not later than 18 months after the Commission's date of establishment. Make sums appropriated to the Office of Personnel Management for general operating expenses available to carry out this Act.

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Timeline

1. 16 July 1985

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 16 July 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 16 July 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 19 July 1985

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits.

   Source: Committee

5. 23 July 1985

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

   Source: Committee

6. 23 July 1985

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 23 July 1985

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

8. 23 July 1985

   Reported

   Clean Bill H.R.3008 Reported in Lieu.

   Source: Committee

9. 24 July 1985

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

   Source: Committee

10. 24 July 1985

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

11. 29 July 1985

    Calendars

    Placed on Union Calendar No: 154.

    Source: Calendars

12. 29 July 1985

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Report No: 99-232.

    Source: Committee

13. 29 July 1985

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Report No: 99-232.

    Source: Committee

14. 30 July 1985

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.241 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

15. 30 July 1985

    Floor

    Rule Granted Providing an Open Rule with 1 Hour of Debate.

    Source: Floor

16. 1 August 1985

    Floor

    Called up by House as Privileged Matter.

    Source: Floor

17. 1 August 1985

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

18. 9 October 1985

    Passed

    House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

    Source: Floor

19. 9 October 1985

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 259 - 162 (Record Vote No: 352).

    Source: Floor

20. 9 October 1985

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 259 - 162 (Record Vote No: 352).

    Source: Floor

21. 9 October 1985

    Floor

    Separate Vote Demanded on Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

    Source: Floor

22. 10 October 1985

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

23. 7 November 1985

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from Civil Rights Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Federal Labor Relations Board, OPM, U.S. Postal Service, GAO, OMB, Defense Department, Health and Human Services Department, Justice Department, Labor Department.

    Source: Committee

24. 7 March 1986

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from GAO.

    Source: Committee

25. 17 June 1986

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Justice Department.

    Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

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Documents

3 official files

• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 9 October 1985

  Open at official source

• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 29 July 1985

  Open at official source

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• related to → A bill to promote pay equity and to eliminate certain discriminatory wage-setting practices within the Federal civil service.
• related to → A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3008) to promote equitable pay practices and to eliminate discrimination within the Federal civil service.
• amends ← An amendment to change the definition of "ethnicity" in the bill from "quality of being, or not being, of Hispanic origin" to "country where a person was born or the country from which his or her ancestors came".
• amends ← An amendment to strike the Consultant provisions of the bill and insert new specifications. The amendment requires the President, Comptroller General, and a Committee established by the Director of OPM, to each submit a list of at least five consultants to perform the study. The Commission is required to select one from each of the three lists to perform the study.
• amends ← An amendment to alter the subpoena power of the Commission. The amendment limits the subpoena power to information from any agency in so far as the agency may supply it under current law. The bill had permitted subpoena power in relation to any matter under investigation by the Commission.
• amends ← An amendment to expand the bill to include a study of the federal government hiring and promotion policies with regard to discrimination on race, sex, and national origin.
• amends ← An amendment to strike the provision that requires the Commission to include in its comments its determination as to whether any portion of any differential which cannot be accounted for by the application of job content and economic analyses may be inconsistent with the general policy that race, sex, and ethnicity should not be among the factors considered in determining any rate of pay.
• amends ← An amendment to require the study to include and measure the impact on wages in occupations, identified in the bill, which have been negotiated under collective bargaining agreements.
• amends ← An amendment to change the composition of the membership of the commission established in the bill. It strikes the bill's provisions and inserts that the commission should be comprised of 14 members, with 7 appointed by the President in consultation with Majority Leader of the Senate and Minority leader of the House, and 7 appointed upon joint recommendation of the Speaker of the House and Minority Leader of the Senate. They shall serve without pay and must resign within 15 days of receiving an appointment as an officer or employee of the U.S.
• amends ← An amendment to require the study to include and measure the impact on wages in similar jobs negotiated under collective bargaining agreements.

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