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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7819.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 52, March 26, 2024, Page H2120):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Taxing and Spending Clause, ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States'') The single subject of this legislation is: This bill prohibits any prevailing rate employee in a federal agency from being paid an amount exceeding specified limits resulting from an applicable wage survey adjustment.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2024 ↗

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  H.R. 7819, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7819

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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