United States · Bill · S
S. 561 (117th)
FAIR Act
Introduced
3 March 2021
Last action
3 March 2021 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sponsors
Brian Schatz, Richard Blumenthal, Chris Van Hollen, Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3], Timothy Kaine, Mark Warner, Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Tammy Baldwin, Jeff Merkley, Bernie Sanders, Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Elizabeth Warren, Ben Luján
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act or the FAIR Act This bill modifies pay rates for federal employees in 2022. Specifically, the bill increases rates under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 2.2%, and increases locality pay by 1%.
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Timeline
3 March 2021
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
3 March 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 3 March 2021 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 3 March 2021
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 3 March 2021
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 3 March 2021
Sponsors
- Brian Schatz · D · Sponsor
- Richard Blumenthal · D · Sponsor
- Chris Van Hollen · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] · D · Sponsor
- Timothy Kaine · D · Sponsor
- Mark Warner · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Tammy Baldwin · D · Sponsor
- Jeff Merkley · D · Sponsor
- Bernie Sanders · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Elizabeth Warren · D · Cosponsor
- Ben Luján · D · Cosponsor
- · ssga00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/561
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/561
- us · 117-s-561 · source updated 5 December 2025