Title: Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019
This bill increases by 2.6% the rates of basic pay for most federal civilian employees for 2019.
It bars a pay increase for the Vice President and certain senior political appointees.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 790 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 790

To provide for a pay increase in 2019 for certain civilian employees of 
            the Federal Government, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2019

  Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Trone, Mr. 
Raskin, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Brown of Maryland, and 
 Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a pay increase in 2019 for certain civilian employees of 
            the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise 
Fairness Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PAY INCREASE FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IN 2019.

    (a) Statutory Pay Systems.--For calendar year 2019, the percentage 
adjustment under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the 
rates of basic pay under the statutory pay systems (as defined in 
section 5302 of such title) shall be 2.6 percent.
    (b) Prevailing Rate Employees.--Notwithstanding the wage survey 
requirements under section 5343(b) of title 5, United States Code, for 
fiscal year 2019, the rates of basic pay (as in effect on the last day 
of fiscal year 2018 under section 5343(a) of such title) for prevailing 
rate employees in each wage area and the rates of basic pay under 
sections 5348 and 5349 of such title shall be increased by 2.6 percent.
    (c) Senior Executive Service Career Appointees.--For calendar year 
2019, the rate of basic pay for any career position within the Senior 
Executive Service or the FBI-DEA Senior Executive Service (as that term 
is defined in section 3151(a) of title 5, United States Code) shall be 
the rate of pay for any such position on the day immediately before the 
date specified in section 3(a), increased by 2.6 percent.
    (d) Senior-Level and Scientific and Professional Positions.--For 
calendar year 2019, the rates of basic pay for any senior-level and 
scientific and professional position under section 5376 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be the rate of pay for any such position on 
the day immediately before the date specified in section 3(a), 
increased by 2.6 percent.
    (e) Excepted Service.--For calendar year 2019, the rate of basic 
pay for any position in the excepted service (as that term is defined 
by section 2103 of title 5, United States Code) shall be the rate of 
pay for any such position on the day immediately before the date 
specified in section 3(a), increased by 2.6 percent.
    (f) Application.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        adjustments in pay made under this section shall be deemed to 
        apply beginning on the first day of the first pay period 
        beginning on or after January 1, 2019, applicable to any 
        position covered by that section.
            (2) Prevailing rate employees.--The adjustments to pay 
        under subsection (b) shall be deemed to apply beginning on the 
        first day of the first pay period beginning on or after October 
        1, 2018.
            (3) Other adjustments permitted; limits.--Nothing in this 
        Act shall be construed to--
                    (A) limit any other increase, including allowances, 
                performance awards, or bonuses, otherwise permitted 
                under law to any a rate of pay adjusted under section 
                2; or
                    (B) waive any provision of law, rule, or 
                regulation, including section 5307 of title 5, United 
                States Code, that limits total aggregate pay of any 
                such position.

SEC. 3. PAY FREEZE FOR SENIOR OFFICIALS IN 2019.

    Notwithstanding section 2, during calendar year 2019, the 
limitations on pay provided under section 738 of division E of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) shall apply.
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