Sec. 1109. GAO study on Federal Wage System parity with local prevailing wage rate
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The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the parity between the Federal Wage System and the prevailing wage rate for wage grade workers who maintain or repair, or help support those who maintain or repair U.S. Navy ships or submarines and— are employed at the four U.S. Navy public shipyards; are employed at domestic U.S. naval bases with facilities to maintain or repair U.S. Navy ships or submarines and are in vicinity of competitive private defense industry; or are employed at domestic U.S. naval bases with facilities to maintain or repair U.S.
Navy ships or submarines and are located within close commuting distance from a high-income area, such that wage grade jobs must compete with other means of employment for workers of equivalent skillsets and academic achievement. Such study shall also review— the Government-wide administration of the Federal Wage System including the regulations, policies, and processes for establishing or modifying geographic boundaries of local wage areas; the process of developing and administering the local wage surveys and setting wage schedules for all Federal Wage System workers including those discussed in subsection (a); the use of Federal contractors to perform work skills and occupational duties comparable to Federal Wage System employees at the four U.S.
Navy public shipyards and domestic U.S. naval bases with facilities to maintain or repair U.S. Navy ships or submarines; the legal framework of the Federal Wage System and Department of Defense and Office of Personnel Management policies as compared to the General Schedule system, including differences in the local wage areas for workers, such as occupational coverage, geographic coverage, pay ranges, pay increase limits, and pay adjustment cycles; and provide recommendations to Congress, as applicable, based on the findings.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives on preliminary findings of such review. The Comptroller General shall submit to the committees identified in subsection
(c)a report containing the final results of such review on a date agreed to at the time of the briefing.