[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4775 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4775

 To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for 
    prevailing rate employees by 3 percent, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2018

  Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Beyer, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Clay, Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. 
 Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Sherman, Mrs. Comstock, Ms. 
McCollum, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Delaney, Mr. 
 Perlmutter, Mr. Courtney, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Slaughter, and Mr. Sires) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                    Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for 
    prevailing rate employees by 3 percent, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Adjustment of Income Rates 
Act'' or the ``FAIR Act''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT TO RATES OF PAY.

    (a) Statutory Pay Systems.--For calendar year 2019, the percentage 
adjustment under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the 
rates of basic pay under the statutory pay systems (as defined in 
section 5302 of title 5, United States Code) shall be 3 percent.
    (b) Prevailing Rate Employees.--Notwithstanding the wage survey 
requirements under section 5343(b) of title 5, United States Code, for 
fiscal year 2019, the rates of basic pay (as in effect on the last day 
of fiscal year 2018 under section 5343(a) of such title) for prevailing 
rate employees in each wage area and the rates of basic pay under 
sections 5348 and 5349 of such title shall be increased by 3 percent.
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