FAIR Act
This bill, the FAIR Act (S 124), increases federal employee pay raises for calendar year 2024. It mandates a 4.7% base pay increase for all federal employees covered by statutory pay systems (most positions) and prevailing rate systems (based on local wages), effective January 2024. It also sets a 4.0% increase for locality-based pay adjustments under existing law. The bill directly affects all federal civilian employees whose pay is determined by these specific statutory systems.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 26, 2023
Last action Jan 26, 2023
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Committee
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Jan 26, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
upper
Jan 26, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 20 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
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District
P
Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
Co
Ben Ray Luján
DDemocratic
Co
Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
Co
Bernard Sanders
IIndependent
Co
Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
Co
Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Merkley
DDemocratic
Co
John Fetterman
DDemocratic
Co
Mark R. Warner
DDemocratic
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