S 426 116th Congress Senate

FAIR Act

Official title: A bill to increase the rates of pay under the General Schedule and other statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 3.6 percent, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 7, 2019 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov

Government Operations and Politics Government employee pay, benefits, personnel managementInflation and prices

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Feb 7, 2019

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

Feb 7, 2019

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action February 7, 2019

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act of 2019 or the FAIR Act

This bill increases by 3.6% in FY2020 the rates of basic pay for federal employees under the statutory pay systems (i.e., the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, and various schedules related to the Veterans Health Administration) and for prevailing rate employees.

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