# 115-hr-4039: Locality Pay Equity Act

115-hr-4039, Locality Pay Equity Act, is a 115th 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: 115-hr-4039
- Congress: 115
- Title: Locality Pay Equity Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Introduced: 2017-10-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- 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 bill shall not have the effect of reducing any rate of basic pay for any individual who is serving as a prevailing rate employee.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2017-10-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2018-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] (R-OK), 2018-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-4256: BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act
- 115-hr-4107: USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-4022: Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2017
- 115-hr-4007: To revise the quorum requirement for the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
- 115-hr-3239: Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2017
- 115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)

## Sources
- [115-hr-4039 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4039)

## Related
- [115-hr-4256: BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4256)
- [115-hr-4107: USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4107)
- [115-hr-4022: Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4022)
- [115-hr-4007: To revise the quorum requirement for the Board of Directors of the Export-Impor…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4007)
- [115-hr-3239: Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3239)
- [115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2740)
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