# 119-hr-493: FAIR Act

119-hr-493, FAIR Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-493
- Congress: 119
- Title: FAIR Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 36
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Raises federal pay for calendar year 2026 with targeted increases to statutory, prevailing rate, and locality pay.** This bill would set a 3.3% increase for statutory pay systems and prevailing rate employees, and a 1% locality pay adjustment for 2026. - Statutory pay employees (those covered under 5 U.S.C. 5302) would receive a 3.3% increase to their rates of basic pay for calendar year 2026. - Prevailing rate employees (wage-area workers under 5 U.S.C. 5348 and 5349) would get a 3.3% raise for fiscal year 2026, applied to rates in effect on the last day of FY2025. - Workers in locality pay areas would receive a 1% locality pay adjustment for calendar year 2026, raising pay where locality schedules apply.

## Cosponsors (36)

- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2025-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2025-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2025-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2025-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2025-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1] (D-IN), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2025-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2025-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA), 2025-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] (D-MD), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3] (D-MD), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2025-11-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Proposed 2026 pay raise for federal workers: benefit, medium. For calendar year 2026, federal employees on statutory pay systems would receive a 3.3% basic pay increase. Prevailing rate (wage grade) employees would also receive 3.3% for fiscal year 2026. That raise would be based on the basic pay rate on the last day of FY2025, regardless of the usual wage su…

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- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
- 119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act
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## Sources
- [119-hr-493 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/493)

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- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
- [119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-17)
- [119-hr-1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1810)
- [119-hr-999: Right to Contraception Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-999)
- [119-hr-2550: Protect America's Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2550)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-493 (as of 2026-04-21).