,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #be1        
#bjai,mr4 ,connolly 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,hoyer1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,trone1    
,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 ,mr4      
,beyer1 ,ms4 ,wexton1 ,mr4 ,brown of    
,maryland1 and ,ms4 ,norton7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for a   
pay increase in #bjai for certain       
civilian employees of the ,federal      
,government1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,federal ,civilian ,workforce   
,pay ,raise ,fairness ,act of #bjai4    
#b4 ,pay increase for certain ,federal  
,government employees in #bjai  7a7     
,statutory pay systems ,for calendar    
year #bjai1 the percentage adjustment   
under section #ecjc of title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 in the rates of basic   
pay under the statutory pay systems 7as 
defined in section #ecjb of such title7 

shall be #b4f percent4  7b7 ,prevailing 
rate employees ,notwithstanding the wage
 survey requirements under section      
#ecdc7;b7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code1 for fiscal year #bjai1 the rates 
of basic pay 7as in effect on the last  
day of fiscal year #bjah under section  
#ecdc7;a7 of such title7 for prevailing 
rate employees in each wage area and the
 rates of basic pay under sections #ecdh
 and #ecdi of such title shall be       
increased by #b4f percent4  7c7 ,senior 
,executive ,service career appointees   
,for calendar year #bjai1 the rate of   
basic pay for any career position within
 the ,senior ,executive ,service or the 
,,fbi-,,dea ,senior ,executive ,service 
7as that term is defined in section     
#caea7;a7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code7 shall be the rate of pay for any 
such position on the day immediately    
before the date specified in section    
#c7;a71 increased by #b4f percent4  7d7 
,senior-,level and ,scientific and      
,professional positions ,for calendar   

year #bjai1 the rates of basic pay for  
any senior-level and scientific and     
professional position under section     
#ecgf of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 shall be the rate of pay for any 
such position on the day immediately    
before the date specified in section    
#c7;a71 increased by #b4f percent4  7e7 
,excepted service ,for calendar year    
#bjai1 the rate of basic pay for any    
position in the excepted service 7as    
that term is defined by section #bajc of
 title #e1 ,united ,states ,code7 shall 
be the rate of pay for any such position
 on the day immediately before the date 
specified in section #c7;a71 increased  
by #b4f percent4  7f7 ,application  7#a7
 ,in general ,except as provided in     
paragraph 7#b71 the adjustments in pay  
made under this section shall be deemed 
to apply beginning on the first day of  
the first pay period beginning on or    
after ,january #a1 #bjai1 applicable to 
any position covered by that section4   
7#b7 ,prevailing rate employees ,the    

adjustments to pay under subsection 7b7 
shall be deemed to apply beginning on   
the first day of the first pay period   
beginning on or after ,october #a1      
#bjah4  7#c7 ,other adjustments         
permitted2 limits ,nothing in this ,act 
shall be construed to-- 7,a7 limit any  
other increase1 including allowances1   
performance awards1 or bonuses1         
otherwise permitted under law to any a  
rate of pay adjusted under section #b2  
or  7,b7 waive any provision of law1    
rule1 or regulation1 including section  
#ecjg of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 that limits total aggregate pay  
of any such position4  #c4 ,pay freeze  
for senior officials in #bjai           
,notwithstanding section #b1 during     
calendar year #bjai1 the limitations on 
pay provided under section #gch of      
division ,e of the ,consolidated        
,appropriations ,act1 #bjah 7,public    
,law #aae-ada7 shall apply4