FAIR Act
Summary
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%.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 16, 2025
Last action Jan 16, 2025
Floor votes
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No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 16, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
upper
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
Co
Adam B. Schiff
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
Co
Angela D. Alsobrooks
DDemocratic
Co
Ben Ray Luján
DDemocratic
Co
Bernard Sanders
IIndependent
Co
Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher A. Coons
DDemocratic
Co
Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
Co
John Fetterman
DDemocratic
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