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S. 126

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 126, the FAIR Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 16, 2025 by Sen. Brian Schatz (D) with 16 co-sponsors. It was referred to Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs, and last saw action on Jan 16, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Record

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S. 126 has 16 co-sponsors.

sb126/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S126 IS: Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-01-16
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 126  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   January 16, 2025   Mr. Schatz  (for himself,  Mr. Blumenthal ,  Mr. Padilla ,  Ms. Hirono ,  Mr. Schiff ,  Mr. Sanders ,  Mr. Markey ,  Mr. Kaine ,  Ms. Warren ,  Mr. Van Hollen ,  Mr. Heinrich , and  Mr. Wyden ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs    A BILL
To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 4.3 percent, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act   or the   FAIR Act  .
2.
Adjustment to rates of pay
(a)
Statutory pay systems
For calendar year 2026, 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 3.3 percent.
(b)
Prevailing rate employees
Notwithstanding the wage survey requirements under section 5343(b) of title 5, United States Code, for fiscal year 2026, the rates of basic pay (as in effect on the last day of fiscal year 2025 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 3.3 percent.
3.
Adjustment to locality pay
For calendar year 2026, the percentage adjustment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 1 percent.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-16
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in Senate Jan 16, 2025

sb126/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (01/16/2025)

Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act or the FAIR Act

This bill modifies pay rates for federal employees in 2026. Specifically, the bill increases rates under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 3.3% and increases locality pay by 1%.

Sponsors

Sen. Brian Schatz (D) sponsors S. 126, and 16 members have co-sponsored it, 11 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 126 went before 1 committee: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Referred To · Jan 16, 2025 · 444 Bills

Actions

S. 126 has taken 2 actions since Jan 16, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jan 16, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Jan 16, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 126 has not gone to a roll call.

2 bills are related to S. 126.

Titles

S. 126 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • FAIR Act — Display Title
  • FAIR Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 4.3 percent, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 35 registered lobbyists who named S. 126 in 23 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Government Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Agriculture, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Defense, District of Columbia, Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.).

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO—District of Columbia19—
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION—Virginia15—
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION—District of Columbia15—
FEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION—Virginia14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO19—
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION15—
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION15—
FEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 35.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
DANIEL HOROWITZ119
ELLIOT FRIEDMAN119
FIONA KOHRMAN119
HERB SMITH119
KEITH ABOUCHAR119
LISA SWIRSKY119
SERGIO ESPINOSA119
ANTHONY LIVINGSTON118
GABRIEL PEDREIRA118
GRANT SCHOTT118
JUSTIN PERPICH118
KEVIN LIDDELL118
RYAN MIMS118
SHANNON FAULK118
STEVEN CAMPISI118
BENJAMIN KING115
JENNIFER TYREE115
JOHN HATTON115
KATHERINE SYBENGA115
KURT VORNDRAN115

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2025 second_quarter$590K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2025 first_quarter$540K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2025 fourth_quarter$450.4K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2026 first_quarter$410K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2026 second_quarter$390K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2025 third_quarter$360.2K3rd Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2025 third_quarter$360.2K3rd Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2025 third_quarter$360.2K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 fourth_quarter$350K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 second_quarter$350K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 first_quarter$310K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 third_quarter$300K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 first_quarter$300K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$50K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$50K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$50K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$50K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2025 fourth_quarter$45.8K4th Quarter - Amendme…
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$40K1st Quarter - Report
FEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATIONFEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter—4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 126 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 1 legislative subject.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 126’s is Government Operations and Politics.

s126/policy-areas.txt
Government Operations and PoliticsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

S. 126 carries 1 of CRS’s legislative subject: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management.

s126/subjects.txt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com