# 119-hr-9571: Living Wage for Federal Contractors Act

119-hr-9571, Living Wage for Federal Contractors Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9571
- Congress: 119
- Title: Living Wage for Federal Contractors Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-02
- Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-19

## Summary

**Raises the minimum wage for federal contractors to $25 per hour over five years.** The bill would create staged wage increases for contractor employees and then index future increases to the CPI-W inflation measure. - Non-tipped employees of federal contractors would see hourly minimums of $17, $19, $21, $23, and $25 across five one-year periods starting three months after enactment, then annual increases linked to CPI-W. - Tipped employees would follow a parallel schedule starting at $13 then rising to $16, $19, $22, and $25 by the fifth year, with later adjustments tied to CPI-W. - Agencies could terminate contracts for underpaying workers and workers could recover double unpaid wages and get direct payment from withheld funds. The bill would create a Comptroller General violator list with three-year contracting limits, allow civil penalties up to $1,100 per violation, exempt certain tribal self-determination contracts, and require the Secretary of Labor to issue implementing regulations within 180 days.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2026-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher pay for federal contract workers: benefit, high. If enacted, this bill would raise minimum hourly pay for people who work on federal contracts. The first 1-year period would start on the first day of the third month after enactment. Non-tipped workers would have staged minimums of $17, $19, $21, $23, and $25 in five successive years. Tipped worke…
- Labor Department rule deadline: benefit, low. If enacted, the Secretary of Labor would have 180 days after enactment to issue final rules needed to implement these contractor wage requirements. This is a timing and implementation rule and does not itself give money to workers.
- Stronger pay enforcement and penalties: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would give workers stronger ways to recover underpaid wages. Workers could be paid twice the amount of unpaid wages. The Secretary or an agency head could pay workers directly from withheld contract payments and could order cross-withholding from other contracts. Workers could…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-2045: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-9571 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9571)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-2045: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2045)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9571 (as of 2026-08-19).