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H.R. 4585: FAIR Act

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H.R. 4585: FAIR Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-02-23 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-02-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

FAIR Act

Plain summary

Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act or the FAIR Act This bill increases the rates of basic pay for federal employees under the statutory pay systems (relating to the General Schedule, the U.S. Foreign Service, and the Veterans Health Administration) and for prevailing rate employees by 3.9% for FY2017. The percentage adjustment for locality-based comparability payments for calendar year 2017 shall be an increase of 1.4%.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

FAIR Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · 81 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Mark Takano (D-CA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), William R. Keating (D-MA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Grace Meng (D-NY), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Adam Smith (D-WA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Betty McCollum (D-MN) and 21 more.

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4585 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114