FAIR Act
Latest action · Feb 10, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 10, 2026 to Nov 10, 2026; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-MD | Glenn Ivey | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Feb 10, 2026 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Feb 11, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Feb 11, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Feb 24, 2026 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Mar 3, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Mar 5, 2026 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 12, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jul 2, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Sep 10, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Sep 10, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Analilia Mejia | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Oct 1, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Oct 6, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Oct 26, 2026 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Oct 29, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Nov 10, 2026 |
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 Feb 10, 2026 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 10, 2026Introduced in House
- Feb 10, 2026Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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. 172, no. 28, February 10, 2026, page H2119.
Related bills 3
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 4.1 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.
- Feb 10, 2026Introduced 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.
