Federal Retirement Fairness Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1522 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1522

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that civilian service
  in a temporary position after December 31, 1988, may be creditable
 service under the Federal Employees Retirement System, and for other
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2025

 Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mr. Valadao, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Bacon, Ms.
 Barragan, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms.
 Sherrill, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Norton, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mrs. Kim,
  Mr. Panetta, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Amo, Mr. Davis of North
  Carolina, Mr. Casar, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Schneider, Ms.
 Strickland, Mr. Tonko, and Mr. Neguse) introduced the following bill;
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that civilian service
  in a temporary position after December 31, 1988, may be creditable
 service under the Federal Employees Retirement System, and for other
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Retirement Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. CREDITABLE SERVICE FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES SERVING AFTER 1988.

    (a) In General.--Section 8411(3) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``performed before January 1, 1989,''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply
to any individual who is an employee (as that term is defined in
paragraph (11) of section 8401 of title 5, United States Code),
including temporary employees of the United States Postal Service, or a
Member (as that term is defined in paragraph (20) of such section) on
or after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Notification.--The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management shall notify agency Chief Human Capital Officers or other
appropriate agency officials for purposes of providing notice to
employees and Members who are eligible to make a deposit for service by
operation of the amendment made by subsection (a).
    (d) Regulations.--The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management shall promulgate regulations to carry out this Act and the
amendments made by this Act.
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