# 114-hr-3492: Locality Pay Equity Act

114-hr-3492, Locality Pay Equity Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3492
- Congress: 114
- Title: Locality Pay Equity Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Introduced: 2015-09-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Locality Pay Equity Act This bill: (1) prohibits the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate employees within a pay locality, except with respect to the pay locality designated as "Rest of United States"; and (2) requires the OPM to ensure that this Act shall not have the effect of reducing any rate of basic pay for any individual who is serving as a prevailing rate employee.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2015-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2015-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- ROBERT BRADY (D-PA), 2015-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2015-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-3492 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3492)

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- [114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika viru…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5044)
- [114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4592)
- [114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4479)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3492 (as of 2025-11-18).