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H.R. 485 114th Congress House

To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and…

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Official title: To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 22, 2015 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government.
Jan 22, 2015
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 Latest action January 22, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits any prevailing rate employee in a federal agency, between January 1 and September 30, 2015, from being paid an amount exceeding specified limits resulting from an applicable wage survey adjustment. Prohibits the percentage increase in wages paid to a prevailing wage employee in FY2015 from being less than the percentage increase in the basic pay of other federal employees in the same pay locality.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 2
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Garamendi, John
California · Jan 28, 2015
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jan 28, 2015
 R
Scott, Austin
Georgia · Jan 28, 2015
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jan 28, 2015
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jan 22, 2015
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 22, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 485: To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-485/
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"H.R. 485: To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-485/.
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H.R. 485, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-485/.
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[H.R. 485: To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-485/)
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