FAIR Act

Bill: 116-hr-5690
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2020-01-28
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act or the FAIR Act</b></p> <p>This bill increases by 3.5% 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) for calendar year 2021.</p> <p>Additionally, it increases by 3.5% the rates of basic pay for prevailing rate employees for FY2021.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5690 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 28, 2020 Mr. Connolly (for himself, Ms. Norton , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Sarbanes , Mr. Khanna , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Wexton , Ms. Moore , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Mr. Hoyer , and Mr. Beyer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 3.5 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 2021, 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 3.5 percent. (b) Prevailing rate employees Not­with­stand­ing the wage survey requirements under section 5343(b) of title 5, United States Code, for fiscal year 2021, the rates of basic pay (as in effect on the last day of fiscal year 2020 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 3.5 percent.