Search Results: keywords:"locality-based pay"

  • H. R. 9719 — To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to modify requirements regarding management of the United States Agency for International Development, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,260

    The bill H. R. 9719, known as the “Strengthening USAID Management Act,” seeks to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to enhance the management capabilities of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It grants the USAID Administrator new powers to...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill wants to make the USAID work better by letting it hire special helpers during emergencies, pay them fairly, and ensure they don't work with bad guys. It also allows special bonuses for some workers living far away, but the rules for these changes are not very clear.

  • S. 4833 — To exclude locality adjustments from average pay for purposes of computing the amount of retirement annuities of new employees.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:388

    S. 4833, titled the "Federal Employee Locality Accountability in Retirement Act," seeks to change how retirement annuities for new federal employees are calculated. It proposes excluding locality-based salary adjustments from the average pay used to compute retirement benefits. This means...

    Simple Explanation

    Imagine if your allowance was sometimes a little bigger if you did extra chores in certain places, but when you grow up, your savings don't count those extra bits. This bill says when people start working for the government, the extra money they earn for living in certain places won't count towards their retirement savings.