STATEMENT OF MARY BOSE OAKAR, CHAIR SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS OF THE HOUSE POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE COMMITTEE HEARING ON H.R. 3008

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87M01152R000100050009-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 23, 1985
• Content Type: REPORT

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SIJBCOW!ITTEC 0"1 COHPrMSATIC A;:^ r'.'.PLOYEr. Brt;FFITS
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F0:TSr POST OFFICF ANT CIVIL 'FPVICF COMAITTFF
!Tr.ARI'Tr, 01' !'.R. 3008
TITSrAY, JULY ?I, 1A"?5
WASVI"r'"Ot.l, P. C.
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PAY F"Ur."Y ACT OF 19S5,11 4t7T% T-14F r,"MA!, ACCOTIVTTIM OFFIrF (rAO)
Pruc.r.7 1~t-,ITI.rn "OpTIn?.!S FOR A PAY T70.Uj-,Y m'-MIDY 0;:
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I ..ITNESSFS SHAFFT) VM! TIS TITIP SUCCOOFFUL
130.41' OF MHF 1-1
EXPEPIENCES IN PERIFOR1,11',fr, PAY FOUITY STUDIF!~ AT TPF STATF TIEVEL.
OMr WITNESS EXPLAINED THAT~ III PFR STATF, 011FE' COS~ OF
IMPLFMENTING PAY FOITITY WAGE ADJUSVOL11TI 'WAS LFSS THAN CIVV-
PERCENT OF PAYROLL PFP YEA" ADD MAY ~IAVr HAD A n'F1,',r'-.FICIAT IMPACT
OM T!'T'. STATT7 FCOVOVY. I'~' ATIDITIOt'll 'Hv WITPESS PYTIPi~ASIZFP "'HAT
P,, .--CALLv T"Cr?FVF!%-
"UF PRODOCTTVITY AlIT) DORAU OF rVPLOYFFS r)p II.A-T
FOLLOWIVO mjjr PAOF PTUTIST-VI""T.
 OTHER WITNESSES DISCUSSED !!OW THEIR JO? OR JOBS S9I^1!IR A
SPECIFIC 1`:'PLOYI'F!T'r SITUATIOU !HAD BCEI SYSTEMATICALLY U11Pfi1?-
VALUED AIID UIIDF;H-PAID. WITNESSES RCPRRSr?PTING 11LIVEROPS U'!IO!'?
DfSCRIPIEI) THFIT' ):PFOHTS I?: SUPPOP'('II!G PAY TCIIITY AND I?4PLEI'F'17"I11T,
PAY Lour?? PRO'QRAF:S IN THE PUBLIC Al1D PRIVA^E SECTORS. A FEW
WITNESSES CRITICIZFT? A FEDERAL PAY FrHITY STUDY, BECAUSE THEY
FEARED IT WOULD LEAD TO GREATER GONER?WEIITAL CONTROL OVER OUR
FR)?;F ENTFPPPISF FCOTJOI'Y.
1'O CITE AHr11FD, HOWEVER, THAT SEX-BASFD I+AGF DISCRI'1TNATIOP
SHOULD PE PEH'ITTF:D TO EXIST IN THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECTOR, OR
THAT IT IS LEGAL UITHII4 THE FRA6'FI:ORK OF OUR EXISTING LAWS. I
nFLIl:VF THAT T11F PFCOGPI'TIOII BY ALL OUR WITIIFSSFS THAT SEX, RACE,
OR A?:Y 0^_Y_FR FORTH CF DTSCRILI'IATIOII IS UL'LAWFUL IS SIGNIFICANT.
T}II?IR UNANII"OUS PISAPPROVAL OF DISCRI"IUATIO?I IF WAGE-SETTINr,
flE?'ONSTPATFS A I'T'E D TO ENSURE ".'PAT OUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS ARI'
L?EI1;!: PROPERLY F.MFORCID.
BASED UPON TESTIMONY THM' WAS CIVFN AT THESE HEAPINGS, I
IIICOHPORATED MANY OF THE WITNESSES' SUGGESTIO'TS INTO NF`
LEGISLATION THAT I INTRODUCED LAST WEE!, WHICH NOW HAS C)3
CO-SPONSORS. H.R. 3GDR, "THE FEDERAL EQUITABLE PAY PRACTICES ACT
OF 1985," EXPANDS THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY TO INCLUDE RACE AND
ETHNIC DISCHII4IIJATION. IT ALSO ADDS A SECOND METHODOLOGY TO
DETERNINT' IIOW TUE MARKET AFFECTS FEDERAL WAGE RATES.
IN ADDITION, THE BILL MAINTAINS A HIGH TIEVET, OF OBJECTIVITY
IN ESTABLISHING A RI-PARTISAN COMMISSION TO STUDY DISCRI"INATIOI'
 It! TIFF FEDERAL GOVERIdt'Ert. THE 11-?'E]IRFR CO1?'^ISS?O" WILT, Pr
CO?"PRISEP OF TH? DIREr'TOP OF THE OPFICC OF PFPSOt?I'rL PANAGFt'.rNT,
THE' COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, ONE APPOIMT'.'rI'T
WHICT' PrPRFSFI?T A SIIBSTAPTIAT, MUUBFR OF FEDERALLY EMPLOYED WOMEN,
EACH BY ?:'''f; PRESIDrniT, THE t"AJORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, t!':'^
MI11ORI^.? Y, LE ADFR OP THE SENATE, TITf' SPrAKr.R CF THE HOUSr OF
REPHFS7MTATIVES, THE t7I"ORITY LEADER III THE HOUSE, A?]D FOUR
APPOIN'T!'.I't?TS MADE BY THE OPM -- TWO FROM PEDFRAL LABOR UNIONS
STUDY AND, IF rISCRI!+IVATIO'1 IS FOUN'P, PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO
rLI?'I':ATE ANY DISCRIF'INATORY PRACTICES AND TO I'"PROVE THE PAY At'r,
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEI"S. AFTER TRANSMITTING' ITS REPORT AND
COMMENTS TO THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS, THE COMMISSION IVIT,L
DISBAND, THUS RE-AFFIRI^II'G MY tVIGSTANDING COHIIT?f1'NT THAT A
FEDERAL DISCRIMINATIOIf STUDY WILL NOT LEAD TO FEDERALLY REfUTLATEP
WAGES FOR EMPLOYEES.
IT IS IPIPORTANT TO ]TOTE THAT MY BILL ONLY APPLIES TO THE
FEDERAL. GOVFRF'F'.ENT. IT DOES VOT INCLUDE STATE. AND LOCAL
GOVFRt'ME1'TS OR THE PPIVATE" SECTOR. THE LEGISLATIOF' ALSO
UNDPRSCORVS THE P.EQUIIIEMEF'T IN CURRENT LAW THAT DISCRI"'INATION,
ONE A'PO!` :;OP:EI"S 0}?GAt?IZATIOT'S WHOSE MAJOR PURPOSE IS TO PROTIOTE
THE INTrPPSTS OF FEDERALLY '.'"'PLAYED WO!IE1l, AND ONF FROM CIVIL
??ICHTS GROUPS 1UH0 REPRESENT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
THE COIF"ISSIOI! VILL SELECT A CONSULTANT TO CO'TDUCT TT{E
STUDY AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE CONSULTANT ON THE
PROD';CT. T?'.?? COIirtSSIOtT WILL ALSO COFIMENT ON THE COPSTUL^_ANT'S
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ACAI!!ST AIIOTHT'R. I,^ SIMPLY P,4OVIPI ?? POR A COJNPRFHFFISI`VF $TI4PY OF
nTSr,I?IuI. A^ ORY PRAf:S'IrrS Tn T+AKE mI1TAI1< THAT ti;r rA'^IO*" S
LAR(;F:ST I" 1PLOYER IS COrPLYIHO tJITH OUR CIVIL RI' W:TS LAWS.
TJHOIY;H I^'ITIAT,I,Y T ,JAV rIsCIVI!IGS ABOUT SOtir nF' THE PROPOSED
CHANOCS TO T'..T7. 27, PAR T ICULARI?Y INCLUSIOIJ OF A MARKET ANALYSIS
IN T9F S^UDY, I 7rVISI P TN11, LEGISLATIOI' I" ORDER TO MEET THE
COrcrmts 4i!?ICV 1!FHI' fAI` ICT', AT THE SJJSCOt4"'ITT T HFARIVGS BY
1?PPnj'R?'?'T IVES Cr THI' BUSINESS COt"1IITVI^. Y THAT THE STUDY NFEDPP
TO Rr l!OfRF 2ALAUC7). T At! CEFTAI'' THAT, AS PEOPLE FEVIrW H.R.
C2JECTPTE APT.) THOROUCI' T.:XA~INJATIOtT (1F TIfF FEDERAL 11AGE AND
CLASSIFTCATIO'' SYSTEP"S. I At? Tt!SEi?TIJtr,. IN TKF RECORD AT THIS
TI T.. A. COPY OF TIP' PILL AUUD TIFF SFCTIO'I-PY-SFCTIOII ANALYSIS.
IT IS P'Y FOPS THAT, FOLLODUDIG THIS VORNI'!C' S HFAPITJfIS, S:E
CAN i':OVE RXPUDITIOTJSLY TO ENACT H.R. 3003. THIS L?FOISLATION IS
THE PRODUCT OF A LONG AJIn, SOI4FTI','ES, DIFFICULT JOITRI!FY 1!IiICh
BECAN IN THIS ROOM NEARLY THREE. YEARS AGO. EQUALITY A'1D FAIR
TRJ?ATrnIT AT THE WORKSITI' IS A COAL DEEPLY E14B#DDrn IN THE
CONSCIEHCR OF OUR COI9!TRY. FLIMIJ?'ATING I)ISCP.I'1ItnATIO"! IN
Ft'PLOVMFNT TO AS VITAI, TODAY AS IT WAS 21 YEARS AGO, WHFt!
ADOPTED TITI_ CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 19611.
IT IS I;.PF1?ATIVF TPA"' OUR .FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SERVE AS A
i11ODFL FOR THE iORLP.. IT MUST BE FRFF OF ANY DISCRIMINATORY
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PRACTICES TEAT VIOLATE CURPFNT. LAb1 AN. SAP THF. !?ORAL}: AND
PROP.UCTIVI'^Y O? ^f'.PLOYEFS. LF.T'.S P'T 01: WITI' TH!F TASK AT HAND,
E!!ACT H..R 300 INTO LAI!, AND If!SURE THAT OUR P!'^FPAL WORKFORCE IS
NOT THE VI.^TL! OF. UP!FAI? DISCRI'!It1ATIOV.