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Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., introduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act Jan. 29 in the Senate and House, respectively, which would boost federal basic pay by 3.5 percent next year, an even larger bump than the record setting increase of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe fought hard for several consequential victories last year, but our work on behalf of our dedicated federal workforce is never finished,\u201d said Connolly in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter years of pay freezes, furloughs and Trump shutdowns, federal employees understand better than most that we simply cannot let our guard down while this president is in the White House. The FAIR Act is much-needed, and well-deserved, recognition of our government\u2019s greatest asset \u2014 its public servants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike the 3.1 percent increase that was passed for 2020, which was made up of increases to both base pay and locality pay, the FAIR Act targets only base pay. That strategy could increase the chances of the bill\u2019s passage, as President Donald Trump has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/09\/02\/trumps-planned-federal-pay-freeze-begins-to-melt\/\" target=_blank>expressed distaste<\/a> for ramping up locality pay to its suggested levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhether they manage fisheries for NOAA or care for our veterans at VA hospitals, federal workers in every part of this country and around the world protect and serve the American people,\u201d said Schatz in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis legislation allows us to right the wrongs from furloughs, sequestration and pay freezes by giving these hardworking public servants the raise they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advocates for federal pay raises have argued that repeated freezes during economically challenging years and reductions to federal benefits necessitate more aggressive raises to catch up with the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis legislation will not only help restore living standards of federal employees to pre-recession levels, but it will also assist in the recruitment and retention of a high-quality federal workforce,\u201d said American Federation of Government Employees National Secretary-Treasurer Everett Kelley in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill currently has sponsorship from exclusively Democratic members of the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur members will be fully engaged in the effort to pass this bill into law and give federal employees the ability to keep doing what they love: serving the public,\u201d National Treasury Employees Union National President Tony Reardon said in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFederal employees are honored to have in their corner Sen. 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