House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FAIR Act
Official title: To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 4.3 percent, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Gerald Connolly D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2025 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 493, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 493.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 493, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 24, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 493, last updated February 24, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
36 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 35 Democrats
1 of 36 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Summer Lee (D-PA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and 6 more.
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Related bills
- S. 126 (119th) FAIR ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 7480 (119th) FAIR ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.