Civilian Pay Raise Advances, TSP Prepares More Changes

A House panel on Tuesday advanced legislation that would provide civilian federal employees an average 3.1% pay increase next year, which if enacted would override President Trump’s proposal to freeze pay in 2020. The language authorizing the pay increase is included in the fiscal 2020 Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill, which advanced out of the House Appropriations Committee by a 30-21 vote Tuesday evening. The bill would provide $24.9 billion in discretionary spending, including funding increases for the Internal Revenue Service and the Small Business Administration. It would block the Trump administration from implementing its plan to merge the Office of Personnel Management with the General Services Administration.