FAIR Act

Bill: 114-hr-4585
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2016-02-23
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act or the FAIR Act</b></p> <p> This bill increases the rates 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 by 3.9% for FY2017. </p> <p>The percentage adjustment for locality-based comparability payments for calendar year 2017 shall be an increase of 1.4%.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4585 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 23, 2016 Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mr. Hoyer , Mr. Cummings , Mr. Beyer , Ms. Norton , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Edwards , Mr. Sarbanes , Mr. Delaney , Mr. Lynch , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. Ellison , Mr. Takano , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Bordallo , Mr. Perlmutter , Ms. Kaptur , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mrs. Beatty , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Ruppersberger , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Keating , Mr. Meeks , Mrs. Lawrence , Mr. Yarmuth , and Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 3.9 percent, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act or the FAIR Act . 2. Adjustment to rates of pay (a) Statutory pay systems For calendar year 2017, 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 title 5, United States Code) shall be 3.9 percent. (b) Prevailing rate employees Notwithstanding the wage survey requirements under section 5343(b) of title 5, United States Code, for fiscal year 2017, the rates of basic pay (as in effect on the last day of fiscal year 2016 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 3.9 percent. 3. Adjustment to locality pay For calendar year 2017, the percentage adjustment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 1.4 percent.