{"id":10200,"date":"2018-10-01T13:57:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T13:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/01\/congress-holds-off-on-federal-pay-decision\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:32:15","slug":"congress-holds-off-on-federal-pay-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/10\/01\/congress-holds-off-on-federal-pay-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress holds off on federal pay decision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress has delayed making a decision on whether federal employees will receive a pay increase for 2019, as general government appropriations were funded through a continuing resolution in lieu of a full spending package prior to the Oct. 1 fiscal year 2019 start date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though a conference between the House and Senate appropriations committees met Sept. 13 to discuss H.R. 6147 \u2014 which would have funded the Departments of Interior, Environment, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration, as well as Financial Services and General Government appropriations \u2014 the conference did not come to a final report to send to both houses of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, those agencies will be funded at 2018 levels until the committees are able to come to an agreement on a complete appropriations bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The continuing resolution was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/09\/26\/no-shutdown-house-finalizes-fy19-military-budget-and-trump-drops-his-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\">passed as part of the minibus bill<\/a> that fully funded the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, Education and Labor, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/28\/trump-signs-spending-plan-avoiding-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\">signed by President Donald Trump Sept. 28.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the bill, funding under the continuing resolution will be available to agencies until Dec. 7, 2018, or until Congress passes another appropriations bill.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=beb9c2c3-b7b2-4f5a-abdb-4be2c9d86508\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-beb9c2c3-b7b2-4f5a-abdb-4be2c9d86508.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Rep. Anthony Brown discusses his thoughts on the approved federal pay raise for military and the lack of a pay raise for civilian federal employees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Trump said Aug. 30 that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/08\/30\/trump-intends-to-freeze-federal-pay-for-2019\/\" target=_blank>intended to freeze federal pay for 2019<\/a>, unless Congress takes specific action to raise that pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate version of the general government appropriations bill included a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/08\/01\/senate-passes-federal-pay-raise-for-2019\/\" target=_blank>provision to raise federal pay by 1.9 percent<\/a> for the coming year, while the House version of that bill made no mention of a federal pay alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general government appropriations bill would 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