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‘‘(ii) for a period in calendar year 2014, 
2015, 2016, or 2017, be equal to the applicable 
percentage under this subsection for the pre-
ceding calendar year (as determined under 
clause (i) or this clause, as the case may be), 
plus an additional 1.5 percentage points; and 
‘‘(iii) for a period in any calendar year 
after 2017, be equal to the applicable percent-
age under this subsection for calendar year 
2017 (as determined under clause (ii)). 
‘‘(3)(A) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), any ex-
cess contributions under subsection (a)(1)(A) (including 
the portion of any deposit under this subsection allocable 
to excess contributions) shall, if made by an employee of 
the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, be deposited to the credit of the Postal Serv-
ice Fund under section 2003 of title 39, rather than the 
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘ex-
cess contributions’, as used with respect to contributions 
made under subsection (a)(1)(A) by an employee of the 
United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, means the amount by which— 
‘‘(i) deductions from basic pay of such employee 
which are made under subsection (a)(1)(A), exceed 
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‘‘(ii) deductions from basic pay of such em-
ployee which would have been so made if paragraph 
(2) had not been enacted.’’. 
(2) GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 
8334(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Except as 
provided in clause (ii),’’ and inserting ‘‘Except 
as provided in clause (ii) or (iii),’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) The amount to be contributed under clause (i) 
shall, with respect to a period in any year beginning after 
December 31, 2012, be equal to— 
‘‘(I) the amount which would otherwise apply 
under clause (i) with respect to such period, reduced 
by 
‘‘(II) the amount by which, with respect to such 
period, the withholding under subparagraph (A) ex-
ceeds the amount which would otherwise have been 
withheld from the basic pay of the employee or elect-
ed official involved under subparagraph (A) based on 
the percentage applicable under subsection (c) for 
calendar year 2012.’’. 
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 
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(1) 
INDIVIDUAL
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 
8422(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
paragraph, the applicable percentage under this para-
graph for civilian service by employees or Members other 
than revised annuity employees shall— 
‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii) or (iii), for 
purposes of computing an amount— 
‘‘(I) for a period in calendar year 2013, be 
equal to the applicable percentage under this 
paragraph for calendar year 2012, plus an ad-
ditional 1.5 percentage points; 
‘‘(II) for a period in calendar year 2014, 
be equal to the applicable percentage under this 
paragraph for calendar year 2013 (as deter-
mined under subclause (I)), plus an additional 
0.5 percentage point; 
‘‘(III) for a period in calendar year 2015, 
2016, or 2017, be equal to the applicable per-
centage under this paragraph for the preceding 
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calendar year (as determined under subclause 
(II) or this subclause, as the case may be), plus 
an additional 1.0 percentage point; and 
‘‘(IV) for a period in any calendar year 
after 2017, be equal to the applicable percent-
age under this paragraph for calendar year 
2017 (as determined under subclause (III)); 
‘‘(ii) for purposes of computing an amount with 
respect to a Member— 
‘‘(I) for a period in calendar year 2013, be 
equal to the applicable percentage under this 
paragraph for calendar year 2012, plus an ad-
ditional 2.5 percentage points; 
‘‘(II) for a period in calendar year 2014, 
2015, 2016, or 2017, be equal to the applicable 
percentage under this paragraph for the pre-
ceding calendar year (as determined under sub-
clause (I) or this subclause, as the case may 
be), plus an additional 1.5 percentage points; 
and 
‘‘(III) for a period in any calendar year 
after 2017, be equal to the applicable percent-
age under this paragraph for calendar year 
2017 (as determined under subclause (II)); and 
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‘‘(iii) for purposes of computing an amount 
with respect to a Congressional employee— 
‘‘(I) for a period in calendar year 2013, 
2014, 2015, 2016, or 2017, be equal to the ap-
plicable percentage under this paragraph for 
the preceding calendar year (including as in-
creased under this subclause, if applicable), plus 
an additional 1.5 percentage points; and 
‘‘(II) for a period in any calendar year 
after 2017, be equal to the applicable percent-
age under this paragraph for calendar year 
2017 (as determined under subclause (I)).’’; 
and 
(C) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesig-
nated by subparagraph (A))— 
(i) by striking ‘‘9.3’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘12’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘9.8’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘12.5’’. 
(2) GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 
8423(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(2)(A)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(B)(i) Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), for purposes 
of any period in any year beginning after December 31, 
2012, the normal-cost percentage under this subsection 
shall be determined and applied as if section 501(b)(1) 
of the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012 
had not been enacted. 
‘‘(ii) Any contributions under this subsection in ex-
cess of the amounts which (but for clause (i)) would other-
wise have been payable shall be applied toward reducing 
the unfunded liability of the Civil Service Retirement Sys-
tem. 
‘‘(iii) After the unfunded liability of the Civil Service 
Retirement System has been eliminated, as determined by 
the Office, Government contributions under this sub-
section shall be determined and made disregarding this 
subparagraph. 
‘‘(iv) The preceding provisions of this subparagraph 
shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the con-
tributions payable by the United States Postal Service and 
the Postal Regulatory Commission.’’. 
SEC. 502. ANNUITY SUPPLEMENT. 
Section 8421(a) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4)’’; 
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