Federal Retirement Fairness Act
This bill removes a previous exclusion that prevented temporary federal employees (including U.S. Postal Service staff and Members of Congress) from counting service after January 1, 1988, toward their retirement benefits. It allows these workers to have their post-1988 temporary service counted toward retirement eligibility if they pay a deposit to the retirement system. The change applies to anyone employed by the federal government on or after the bill's enactment date. The Office of Personnel Management must notify affected employees and create rules to implement this change.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2023
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President
Introduced Oct 19, 2023
Last action Oct 25, 2023
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Oct 25, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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Oct 19, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 131 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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State
District
P
Derek Kilmer
DDemocratic
Co
Abigail Davis Spanberger
DDemocratic
Co
Adam B. Schiff
DDemocratic
Co
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
DDemocratic
Co
Alma S. Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Ami Bera
DDemocratic
Co
Andrea Salinas
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew R. Garbarino
RRepublican
Co
Andy Kim
DDemocratic
Co
Angie Craig
DDemocratic
Co
Ann M. Kuster
DDemocratic
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