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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 493

FAIR Act

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Introduced 2025-01-16Topic: labor · budget

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act or the FAIR Act This bill modifies pay rates for federal employees in 2026. Specifically, the bill increases rates under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 3.3% and increases locality pay by 1%.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

  • 36 cosponsors

Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-09-16HouseASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 493, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
2025-01-16HouseReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.refer
2025-01-16Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-01-16Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.