H. R. 4431 

One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen 

An Act 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for interest payments by agencies 

in the case of administrative error in processing certain annuity deposits for 

prior military service or certain volunteer service, 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 ‘‘Correcting Miscalculations in 

Veterans’ Pensions Act’’. 

SEC. 2. ERROR IN PROCESSING OF ANNUITY DEPOSIT FOR FORMER 

MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. 

(a) CSRS.—Section 8334(j) of title 5, United States Code, is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(6)(A) In calculating and processing the deposit under paragraph (1) with respect to an employee, Member, or annuitant, 

if the employing agency of such employee, Member, or annuitant 

makes an administrative error, such employing agency may pay, 

on behalf of the employee, Member, or annuitant, any additional 

interest assessed due to the administrative error. 

‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the 

Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, shall be considered the employing 

agency of a Member or Congressional employee. 

‘‘(C) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 

issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this paragraph.’’. 

(b) FERS.—Section 8422(e) of title 5, United States Code, is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(7)(A) In calculating and processing the deposit under paragraph (1) with respect to an employee, Member, or annuitant, 

if the employing agency of such employee, Member, or annuitant 

makes an administrative error, such employing agency may pay, 

on behalf of the employee, Member, or annuitant, any additional 

interest assessed due to the administrative error. 

‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the 

Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, shall be considered the employing 

agency of a Member or Congressional employee. 

‘‘(C) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 

issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this paragraph.’’. 
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SEC. 3. ERROR IN PROCESSING OF ANNUITY DEPOSIT FOR CERTAIN 

VOLUNTEERS. 

(a) CSRS.—Section 8334(l) of title 5, United States Code, is 

amended by adding at the end of the following: 

‘‘(5)(A) In calculating and processing the deposit under paragraph (1) with respect to an employee, Member, or annuitant, 

if an employing agency of such employee, Member, or annuitant 

makes an administrative error that causes additional interest 

assessed to accrue on the deposit, the employing agency may pay, 

on behalf of the employee, Member, or annuitant, any additional 

interest assessed due to the administrative error. 

‘‘(B) In calculating and processing the deposit under paragraph 

(1) with respect to an employee, Member, or annuitant, if the 

Office of Personnel Management makes an administrative error 

that causes additional interest assessed to accrue on the deposit, 

the Office of Personnel Management may pay, on behalf of the 

employee, Member, or annuitant, any additional interest assessed 

due to the administrative error. 

‘‘(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the 

Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, shall be considered the employing 

agency of a Member or congressional employee. 

‘‘(D) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 

issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this paragraph.’’. 

(b) FERS.—Section 8422(f) of title 5, United States Code, is 

amended by adding at the end of the following: 

‘‘(5)(A) In calculating and processing the deposit under paragraph (1) with respect to an employee, Member, or annuitant, 

if an employing agency of such employee, Member, or annuitant 

makes an administrative error that causes additional interest 

assessed to accrue on the deposit, the employee, Member, or annuitant’s employing agency may pay, on behalf of the employee, 

Member, or annuitant, any additional interest assessed due to 

the administrative error. 

‘‘(B) In calculating and processing the deposit under paragraph 

(1) with respect to an employee, Member, or annuitant, if the 

Office of Personnel Management makes an administrative error 

that causes additional interest assessed to accrue on the deposit, 

the Office of Personnel Management may pay, on behalf of the 

employee, Member, or annuitant, any additional interest assessed 

due to the administrative error. 

‘‘(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the 

Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, shall be considered the employing 

agency of a Member or congressional employee. 

‘‘(D) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 

issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this paragraph.’’. 

(c) AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENTS.—All payments from the 

Office of Personnel Management authorized by subsections (a) and 

(b) shall be paid from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

Fund, and together with administrative expenses incurred by the 

Office in administering these subsections, shall be deemed to have 
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been authorized to be paid from that Fund, which is appropriated 

for the payment thereof. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.