FAIR Act
United States119th CongressHR-493House of Representatives
Updated: Sep 16, 2025
Summary
The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act, or FAIR Act, seeks to implement a comprehensive pay increase for federal employees in 2026. This legislation specifically addresses adjustments for both statutory pay systems and prevailing rate employees. For calendar year 2026, the bill mandates a 3.3 percent increase in the rates of basic pay for employees under statutory pay systems. Concurrently, it directs a 3.3 percent increase in basic pay for prevailing rate employees for fiscal year 2026, bypassing typical wage survey requirements. Furthermore, the Act includes a separate 1 percent adjustment for locality pay, also effective for calendar year 2026, contributing to the overall compensation increase for federal workers.
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S-2715: FAIR Act of 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
House of Representatives
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.
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