,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bf1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,connolly 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,moran1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,tierney1  
,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,ms4 ,michelle ,lujan 
,grisham of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4 ,lynch1  
,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,ms4 ,norton1 and  
,mr4 ,van ,hollen7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
increase the rates of pay under the     
,general ,schedule and for prevailing   
rate employees by #c4c percent1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,federal       
,adjustment of ,income ,rates ,act of   
#bjad or the ,,fair ,act4  #b4          
,adjustment to rates of pay  7a7        
,general schedule ,for calendar year    
#bjae1 the percentage adjustment under  
section #ecjc of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 in the rates of basic pay
 under the ,general ,schedule shall be  

#c4c percent4 ,any adjustment made by   
the ,president with respect to calendar 
year #bjae pursuant to such section     
shall have no force or effect4  7b7     
,prevailing rate employees              
,notwithstanding the wage survey        
requirements under section #ecdc7;b7 of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 for    
calendar year #bjae1 the rates of basic 
pay for prevailing rate employees in    
each wage area 7as in effect on ,january
 #a1 #bjae under section #ecdc7;a7 of   
such title7 and the rates of basic pay  
under sections #ecdh and #ecdi of such  
title shall be increased by #c4c        
percent4 ,any increase made by the      
,president with respect to calendar year
 #bjae pursuant to section #ecdc7;a71   
#ecdh1 or #ecdi of such title shall have
 no force or effect4