The Chamber of Deputies approved, in a symbolic vote, a package that restructures careers, creates positions and readjusts salaries for Executive branch employees, in addition to opening space for new bonuses. The estimated impact is 4,3 billion in 2026 and 11 billion by 2028, with the texts moving to the Senate, following an agreement with the government.
A Câmara dos Deputados approved this Tuesday (3) a set of bills that, in practice, reorganizes Executive careers, authorizes readjustments for civil servants and creates new structures in the federal government, with a projected impact of 4,3 billion in 2026.
The package was voted on symbolically, without a vote count, after four proposals were combined into a single text to expedite the process.Now, what was approved in the Chamber of Deputies goes to the Federal Senate. where the measures still need to be approved by the senators.
Why did the package move forward so quickly, and what was voted on at once?
The consolidated vote didn’t happen by chance. Four bills were combined into one after an agreement between the Chamber and the government, shortening the path to approving adjustments and reorganizations that were under negotiation. When different proposals are included in the same “package,” the plenary session decides more quickly, but the debate tends to become less granular.
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The chosen procedure is also noteworthy: a symbolic vote, without a nominal tally. This does not mean a lack of impact, only a method of deliberation in which there is no individual record of each vote. In practice, the Chamber of Deputies assumed the political cost of consolidating distinct themes in the same motion, leaving it to the Senate to discuss adjustments and potential resistance.
Public spending: 4,3 billion in 2026 and 11 billion by 2028.
The projected impact for 2026 is 4,3 billion, with a projection of 11 billion by 2028. Members of the Ministry of Management indicated that the figures formulated in 2025, when the projects were presented, are valid for the current year. This detail is crucial because it changes the way we interpret “when” the expense materializes.
Within the same set of projects, one also included a forecast of 8,1 billion in expenses. This is a figure that often becomes the subject of a narrative dispute: on one side, the immediate cost; on the other, the attempt to show offsetting factors. In the end, what matters to the taxpayer is how expenses and savings behave over time, especially when some of the adjustments and restructurings have a lasting effect.
Who gets a raise and which careers are included in the restructuring?
Among the most sensitive points are the adjustments and changes in Executive branch careers. The package mentions alterations to the Tax and Customs careers of the Federal Revenue Service and to the Labor Inspection Service, as well as to doctors and veterinarians in the Career Plan for Technical-Administrative Positions in Education.
The political justification usually revolves around salary adjustments and functional reorganization, but the practical effect is only one: Changes in compensation and career design impact the budget and also the expectations of other categories..
The summary of what was approved includes a reference to tax officials potentially earning a basic salary of up to 32,5, which intensifies the debate about salary caps, perks, and equal treatment.
Positions and vacancies: MEC, MGI, Anvisa and ANS in the same package.
Another significant part of the package approved by the Chamber of Deputies is the creation of jobs and positions, focusing on education and regulation. The plan includes the creation of 16 positions in the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Government, as well as a special career plan within the education sector.
The detailed breakdown includes 9.587 teaching positions for federal educational institutions, 2.490 positions for education analysts, and 4.286 for technicians.
Also appearing are 750 senior-level positions for Socioeconomic Development technical analysts and another 750 for Justice and Defense technical analysts. In parallel, there is the creation of positions at Anvisa (Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency) and new vacancies at ANS (National Health Agency). The plan combines workforce expansion with administrative reorganization, which broadens the scope of the package beyond just a wage adjustment.
Bonuses, RSC (Remuneration for Career Advancement) and compensatory leave: where the controversy lies
The package also opens up space for specific bonuses in positions not covered by the support career path and for recognition of knowledge and skills (RSC) within the technical-administrative staff in education. These are items that, in the daily routine of public service, change incentives, progression, and effective remuneration, often more than the “dry” readjustment.
Furthermore, a new bonus for legislative branch employees has been introduced, along with the creation of a compensatory leave described as a perk that allows salaries to exceed the constitutional limit.
This is the type of device that usually divides the debate into two axes: The argument for compensation based on job functions and demands, and the criticism that the sum of additional payments erodes the idea of a salary cap.
Federal Institute of Sertão Paraibano: Patos, Rectorate and Resources of the New PAC
In the middle of the package, the Chamber of Deputies also approved the creation of the Federal Institute of Sertão Paraibano, in Patos, considered an electoral stronghold of the president of the House, Hugo Motta. The political component appears in the timing: the proposal reportedly accelerated the voting process, and in the plenary session there was thanks to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for the Executive’s authorship.
The city already had an IFPB campus, but the new institute envisions its own headquarters with its own administration building. The text mentions an investment of 10 million reais included in the criteria of the New PAC (Growth Acceleration Program) and 2,9 million reais in 2026 for operating expenses of the new administration building. In practice, this transforms a local structure into a regional decision-making center, with its own budget and administration.
Promised “modernization”: special work schedules and telemedicine expertise.
In addition to salaries and positions, the package included measures described as modernization. Among them, the establishment of special work schedules and the possibility of medical examinations via telemedicine or document analysis. This type of change generally aims at productivity, reducing queues, and standardizing procedures, but it also raises questions about control, transparency, and the quality of evaluation.
When this set of issues is included in the same package as job adjustments and the creation of new positions, the discussion becomes more complex.
It’s not just about “spending more” or “spending less”: it’s about redesigning how the state hires, remunerates, evaluates, and operates., with repercussions on service delivery and the ongoing cost of the public administration.
The Chamber of Deputies consolidated, in a single vote, decisions that affect salaries and career paths.salary ceiling, job expansion and the creation of a new federal institute, with an immediate impact of 4,3 billion in 2026 and a projection of 11 billion by 2028.
The package now goes to the Senate, where the debate is likely to focus on the balance between administrative necessity, fiscal cost, and public perception of fair compensation.
