Technical and Miscellaneous Civil Service Amendments Act of 1992
Public Law 102-378 · H.R. 2850 · 102nd Congress · began in the House
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Oct 2, 1992 · Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Clay (D-MO-1)
Cosponsors (3): Rep. Gary Ackerman, Rep. Benjamin Gilman,
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Technical and Miscellaneous Civil Service Amendments Act of 1992 - Makes miscellaneous and conforming amendments to the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 (FEPCA), Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970, and Ethics in Government Act of 1978 in order to correct technical errors.
Amends the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to provide that in the case of any area slated for a special pay adjustment that includes a portion, but not all, of a county, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) may, at the request of the head of one or more law enforcement agencies, extend such area to include the entire county if the Office determines that such extension would be in the interest of good personnel administration.
Makes miscellaneous and conforming amendments to various other civil service and postal service provisions, including those under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 with respect to benefit portability and cost of living adjustment funding, in order to correct technical errors.
Amends the National Film Preservation Act of 1988 to repeal restrictions on the term of office of certain appointees to the Library of Congress' National Film Preservation Board.
Makes technical corrections to the law making technical corrections to the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990.
Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to repeal certain guidelines added by the Resolution Trust Corporation Refinancing, Restructuring, and Improvement Act of 1991, for staffing the Resolution Trust Corporation.
Amends the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act to repeal provisions regarding critical-position pay authority and reemployment of retirees.
Provides that, notwithstanding provisions under FEPCA concerning locality-based comparability payments, for purposes of any comparability payments scheduled to take effect under such provisions during calendar years 1994 and 1995, respectively: (1) the report by the President's pay agent may be submitted not later than one month before the start of the calendar year for purposes of which it is prepared; and (2) the surveys conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for use in preparing any such report may be other than annual surveys, and shall, to the greatest extent practicable, be completed no later than four months before the start of the calendar year for purposes of which the surveys are conducted.
Amends Federal law to direct OPM to prescribe regulations necessary for the administration of provisions concerned with the employment of experts and consultants by the Federal Government.
Amends Federal law to restore coverage under provisions governing Federal agency adverse actions to employees of the Veterans Health Administration who were excluded from such coverage by the Civil Service Due Process Amendments.
Amends the Thrift Savings Plan Technical Amendments Act of 1990 to provide for retroactive performance awards.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Post Office and Civil Service Committee · House · markup by, referred toSubcommittee: Compensation and Employee Benefits Subcommittee
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 20 actions.
- Oct 2, 1992Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 102-378.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Sep 25, 1992PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Sep 22, 1992Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Sawyer asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
- Aug 6, 1992FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Amendment SP 2914 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Jun 30, 1992CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Jun 25, 1992CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Mar 19, 1992CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Mar 17, 1992FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Ackerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 11, 1992CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- Jul 22, 1991CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Compensation and Employee Benefits Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- Jul 10, 1991CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.