,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #dbf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #g1       
#bjai,mr4 ,schatz 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,brown1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,warren1
 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,ms4        
,hirono1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mrs4        
,murray1 ,ms4 ,harris1 and ,ms4         
,baldwin7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill   
,to increase the rates of pay under the 
,general ,schedule and other statutory  
pay systems and for prevailing rate     
employees by #c4f percent1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,federal ,adjustment
 of ,income ,rates ,act of #bjai or the 
,,fair ,act4  #b4 ,adjustment to rates  
of pay  7a7 ,statutory pay systems ,the 
adjustment in rates of basic pay for    
employees under the statutory pay       
systems 7as defined in section #ecjb of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code7 that   

takes effect in fiscal year #bjbj under 
section #ecjc of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 shall be an increase of  
#c4f percent1 and such adjustments shall
 be effective as of the first day of the
 first applicable pay period beginning  
on or after ,january #a1 #bjbj4  7b7    
,prevailing rate employees ,the         
adjustment in rates of basic pay for the
 statutory pay systems that take place  
in fiscal year #bjbj under sections     
#ecdd and #ecdh of title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code1 shall be equal to the    
percentage adjustment received by       
employees in the same location whose    
rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant
 to the statutory pay systems under     
subsection 7a7 of this section and #ecjd
 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4    
,prevailing rate employees at locations 
where there are no employees whose pay  
is increased pursuant to sections #ecjc 
and #ecjd of title #e and prevailing    
rate employees described in section     
#ecdc7;a77#e7 of title #e1 ,united      

,states ,code1 shall be considered to be
 located in the pay locality designated 
as ,rest of ,,us pursuant to section    
#ecjd of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 for purposes of this subsection4