FAIR Act

Bill: 118-hr-536
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-01-26
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act or the FAIR Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies pay rates for federal employees in 2024. Specifically, the bill increases rates under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 4.7% and increases locality pay by 4%.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 536 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 26, 2023 Mr. Connolly (for himself, Ms. Spanberger , Mr. Trone , Mr. Sarbanes , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Norton , Ms. Velázquez , Ms. Wexton , Mr. Huffman , Ms. Bonamici , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Ms. Sánchez , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Stansbury , Mr. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Mfume , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Ruppersberger , Ms. Titus , Ms. Brown , Mr. Kilmer , and Mr. Evans ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability A BILL To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 8.7 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 2024, 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 4.7 percent. (b) Prevailing rate employees Notwithstanding the wage survey requirements under section 5343(b) of title 5, United States Code, for fiscal year 2024, the rates of basic pay (as in effect on the last day of fiscal year 2023 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 4.7 percent. 3. Adjustment to locality pay For calendar year 2024, the percentage adjustment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 4.0 percent.