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 4.1 percent, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 10, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7480.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALKINSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 28, February 10, 2026, Page H2119):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7480, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
38 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 37 Democrats
1 of 38 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Analilia Mejia (D-NJ), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Deborah Ross (D-NC) and 8 more.
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Related bills
- S. 3823 (119th) FAIR ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 493 (119th) FAIR ActRelated bill
- S. 126 (119th) FAIR ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 10, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.