Bill Details
S.126 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced Date
2025-01-16
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Committees
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
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- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-Connecticut]
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-California]
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-Hawaii]
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-California]
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-Vermont]
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-Massachusetts]
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-Virginia]
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-Massachusetts]
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-Maryland]
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-New Mexico]
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-Oregon]
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-New Mexico]
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-Pennsylvania]
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-Virginia]
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-Delaware]
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-Maryland]
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AI Summary This summary was generated by AI from the bill text. AI can get information wrong.
This bill would give many federal employees a pay raise in 2026. It increases basic pay for workers under the main federal pay systems by 3.3%, adds a 1% increase to locality pay, and gives prevailing rate employees a 3.3% raise as well. In practice, many workers would see their total pay go up by about 4.3%.
- The bill applies to federal workers paid under the statutory pay systems for calendar year 2026.
- It sets a 3.3% increase in basic pay for those pay systems.
- It also raises locality pay by 1% for 2026.
- Prevailing rate employees, including certain wage-based federal workers, would also receive a 3.3% increase.
Official Summaries
Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act or the FAIR Act
This bill modifies pay rates for federal employees in 2026. Specifically, the bill increases rates under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 3.3% and increases locality pay by 1%.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 126 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 126
To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for
prevailing rate employees by 4.3 percent, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 16, 2025
Mr. Schatz (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Hirono, Mr.
Schiff, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Markey, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen,
Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs
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A BILL
To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for
prevailing rate employees by 4.3 percent, 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 Adjustment of Income Rates
Act'' or the ``FAIR Act''.
SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT TO RATES OF PAY.
(a) Statutory Pay Systems.--For calendar year 2026, 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 3.3 percent.
(b) Prevailing Rate Employees.--Notwithstanding the wage survey
requirements under section 5343(b) of title 5, United States Code, for
fiscal year 2026, the rates of basic pay (as in effect on the last day
of fiscal year 2025 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 3.3 percent.
SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT TO LOCALITY PAY.
For calendar year 2026, the percentage adjustment under section
5304 of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 1 percent.
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