FAIR Act
Latest action · Jan 30, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 116
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2024 to Dec 20, 2024; 59 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-MD | Glenn Ivey | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-NC | Wiley Nickel | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Jan 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Feb 5, 2024 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Feb 6, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Feb 15, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Feb 20, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Feb 20, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Feb 20, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Mar 7, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Mar 12, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Mar 21, 2024 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Apr 16, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Apr 29, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Jun 7, 2024 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Jul 15, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Oct 4, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Oct 4, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Oct 4, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 8, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Oct 22, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Oct 22, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Oct 22, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Oct 22, 2024 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Nov 1, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Nov 1, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Nov 1, 2024 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Nov 1, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Nov 29, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Dec 11, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Dec 16, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Dec 19, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Dec 20, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2024 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2024Introduced in House
- Jan 30, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 17, January 30, 2024, page H316.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 7.4 percent, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FAIR Act
- Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
