Bill · S
S. 126 (119th)
FAIR Act
Original
Introduced
16 January 2025
Last action
16 January 2025 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sponsors
Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM], Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA], Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela [D-MD]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
24 February 2026
Summary
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%.
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Timeline
16 January 2025
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
16 January 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
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Documents
2 official files
Introduced in Senate
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 January 2025
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 16 January 2025
Sponsors
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssga00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/126
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/126
- us · 119-s-126 · source updated 24 February 2026