119th Congress Government Operations and Politics
H.R. 493: FAIR Act
Introduced
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (not reached)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
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%.
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Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Donald Beyer D-VAOriginal
- Stephen Lynch D-MAOriginal
- Summer Lee D-PAOriginal
- Kweisi Mfume D-MDOriginal
- Eleanor Norton D-DCOriginal
- Suhas Subramanyam D-VAOriginal
- Suzan DelBene D-WA
- Julia Brownley D-CA
- Mary Scanlon D-PA
- Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski D-IL
- Ted Lieu D-CA
- Diana DeGette D-CO
- Glenn Ivey D-MD
- Frank Mrvan D-IN
- Donald Norcross D-NJ
- Emily Randall D-WA
- Emanuel Cleaver D-MO
- Robert Garcia D-CA
- Valerie Hoyle D-OR
- Andrea Salinas D-OR
- Nanette Barragán D-CA
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PA
- Julie Johnson D-TX
- Mike Levin D-CA
- James McGovern D-MA
- Ilhan Omar D-MN
- Yassamin Ansari D-AZ
- Robert Scott D-VA
- Shomari Figures D-AL
- Steny Hoyer D-MD
- Sarah Elfreth D-MD
- Dwight Evans D-PA
- Debbie Dingell D-MI
- Gwen Moore D-WI
- Frank Pallone D-NJ
- Maxine Waters D-CA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Gerald Connolly SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the House by Gerald Connolly.
Show the full action history (3 actions)
- ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 493, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.


