Civil Service Federal Employee Serving Overseas Pay Equity Act

Civil service— The term civil service has the meaning given the term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code.

Covered employee— The term covered employee means an employee who—

Locality pay— The term locality pay means a locality-based comparability payment paid in accordance with subsection (b).

Nonforeign area— The term nonforeign area has the meaning given the term in section 591.205 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.

Overseas— The term overseas means any geographic location that is not in—

the amount of a locality-based comparability payment that the covered employee would have been paid under section 5304 or 5304a of title 5, United States Code, had the official duty station of the covered employee not been changed to reflect an overseas location under the applicable Domestic Employee Teleworking Overseas agreement; or

the amount of a locality-based comparability payment that the covered employee would be paid under section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32), as limited under section 9802(c)(2) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, if the covered employee were an eligible member of the Foreign Service (as defined in subsection (b) of such section 1113).

shall begin to be paid not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and

shall be treated in the same manner, and subject to the same terms and conditions, as a locality-based comparability payment paid under section 5304 or 5304a of title 5, United States Code.