FAIR Act
Latest action · Jan 16, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 16, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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%.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2025 to Feb 4, 2026; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Jan 21, 2025 | |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Jan 21, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Jul 23, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Angela D. Alsobrooks | Feb 4, 2026 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Feb 4, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 16, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jan 16, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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
- A bill to increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 4.3 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 16, 2025Introduced in Senate
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