H.R. 1594 · 115th Congress
To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to…
Full title
To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.
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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
3 cosponsors · 2 D, 1 R
2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill prohibits: (1) any prevailing rate employee in a federal agency, between January 1 and September 30, 2017, from being paid an amount exceeding specified limits resulting from an applicable wage survey adjustment; and (2) the percentage increase in wages paid to a prevailing wage employee in FY2017 from being less than the percentage increase in…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 17, 2017
This bill prohibits: (1) any prevailing rate employee in a federal agency, between January 1 and September 30, 2017, from being paid an amount exceeding specified limits resulting from an applicable wage survey adjustment; and (2) the percentage increase in wages paid to a prevailing wage employee in FY2017 from being less than the percentage increase in the basic pay of other federal employees in the same pay locality.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.
Latest action (Mar 17, 2017): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 17, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.