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Brian Schatz (D-HI)

FAIR Act

S. 126 · Senate bill Government Operations and Politics

A Democratic bill with 15 Democratic cosponsors · See all 16 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

The FAIR Act aims to increase pay rates for various federal employees during the 2026 period. It proposes a 3.3 percent adjustment for basic pay within statutory pay systems. The bill also mandates a 3.3 percent increase for prevailing rate employees in each wage area. Additionally, it provides a 1 percent adjustment for locality pay. This legislation is intended to adjust pay rates and serves other unspecified purposes.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    The increase in pay rates for federal employees and prevailing rate employees provides more income to low-earning workers.

  • Scored +3

    Would middle-income households be better off under this?

    The pay adjustments benefit federal employees who often fall into middle-income brackets.

  • Scored +3

    Would union members be better off under this?

    Wage increases for federal employees and prevailing rate employees benefit organized labor constituents.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.