S 2699 114th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Inflation and prices

FAIR Act

Introduced: March 16, 2016 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov

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Mar 16, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Mar 16, 2016

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act of 2016 or the FAIR Act

This bill increases by 5.3% in FY2017 the rate of basic pay for federal employees under the statutory pay systems (relating to the General Schedule, the U.S. Foreign Service, and the Veterans Health Administration) and for prevailing rate employees.

What's happening now March 16, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2699: FAIR Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2699/

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