HR7480-119

In Committee

FAIR Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 10, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, FAIR Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H5B49F8C824AF47E496EF2D1543F18CDB: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act or the FAIR Act.
  • Section HC9D791C188434965ADFF135CFB0B09D9: 2. Adjustment to rates of pay For calendar year 2027, the percentage adjustment under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the rates of basic pay...
  • Section HB9EA9D740F7441A98D55C9E530A6A93F: 3. Adjustment to locality pay For calendar year 2027, the percentage adjustment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 1...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, FAIR Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, FAIR Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies: ,
workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 10, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Feb 10, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 10, 2026

Mr. Walkinshaw (for himself, Ms. Chu, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Subramanyam, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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