S. 3426: Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008
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S. 3426: Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008
110th Congress · introduced 2008-08-01 · International Affairs · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1047.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-08-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1047. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008 - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to: (1) extend comparability pay adjustments to Foreign Service members assigned abroad; and (2) amend the death gratuity computation payable to surviving dependents of Foreign Service employees who die from injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad.
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Official text
Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · 5 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 3426, Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008 (2008-11-14); CBO cost estimate: S. 3426, Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008 (2008-11-14)
Cosponsors on this site
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s3426.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>
Record fed-us-cong110-s3426 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110