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H.R. 485: To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.

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H.R. 485: To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-22 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · 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. 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

To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Prohibits any prevailing rate employee in a federal agency, between January 1 and September 30, 2015, from being paid an amount exceeding specified limits resulting from an applicable wage survey adjustment. Prohibits the percentage increase in wages paid to a prevailing wage employee in FY2015 from being less than the percentage increase in the basic pay of other federal employees in the same pay locality.

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

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · 12 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Tom Cole (R-OK), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), John Garamendi (D-CA), Austin Scott (R-GA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr485 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114