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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3325
To amend certain provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to
the age and service requirements for entitlement to an immediate annuity
under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees’
Retirement System, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 20, 1993
Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mr. ANDREWS of Texas, Mr. WALSH, Mr. KOLBE,
Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, and
Mr. BALLENGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To amend certain provisions of title 5, United States Code,
relating to the age and service requirements for entitle-
ment to an immediate annuity under the Civil Service
Retirement System or the Federal Employees’ Retire-
ment System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Retirement
Reform Act’’.
SEC. 2. REVISED AGE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
UNDER CSRS.
(a) AMENDMENT RELATING
TO RETIREMENT
AT
AGE 55 WITH 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.—Section 8336(a)
of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(a)(1)(A) Subject to paragraph (2), an employee
who is separated from the service after attaining the mini-
mum retirement age under subparagraph (B) and com-
pleting 30 years of service is entitled to an annuity.
‘‘(B) The minimum retirement age under this sub-
paragraph shall be determined in accordance with the
following:
The minimum
retirement age
‘‘For those whose date
under this
of separation occurs
subparagraph is
Before January 1, 1996 ...........................................................
After December 31, 1995, and before January 1, 1998 .........
After December 31, 1997, and before January 1, 2000 .........
After December 31, 1999, and before January 1, 2002 .........
After December 31, 2001, and before January 1, 2004 .........
After December 31, 2003, and before January 1, 2006 .........
After December 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2008 .........
After December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2010 .........
After December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2012 .........
After December 31, 2011, and before January 1, 2014 .........
64.
‘‘(2) Any employee who, after December 31, 2013,
is separated from the service after becoming 65 years of
age and completing 5 years of service is entitled to an an-
nuity.’’.
(b) AMENDMENT RELATING
TO RETIREMENT
AT
AGE 60 WITH 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.—Section 8336(b)
of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an employee who
is separated from the service after becoming 60 years of
age and completing 20 years of service is entitled to an
annuity.
‘‘(2) This subsection shall not apply in the case of
any employee whose date of separation occurs after De-
cember 31, 2003.’’.
(c) AMENDMENT RELATING TO RETIREMENT AT AGE
62 WITH 5 YEARS OF SERVICE.—Section 8336(f) of title
5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(f)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an employee who
is separated from the service after becoming 62 years of
age and completing 5 years of service is entitled to an an-
nuity.
‘‘(2) This subsection shall not apply in the case of
any employee whose date of separation occurs after De-
cember 31, 2007.’’.
(d) REDUCTION
FOR EARLY RETIREMENT.—The
first sentence of section 8339(h) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘55 years of age’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the minimum age required to be eligible to retire
under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 8336(a) (as the case
may be)’’.
SEC. 3. REVISED AGE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
UNDER FERS.
(a) AMENDMENT RELATING
TO RETIREMENT
AT
AGE 55 to 57 WITH 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.—Section
8412(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(a)(1) An employee or Member who, before January
1, 2000, is separated from the service after attaining the
applicable minimum retirement age under subsection (h)
and completing 30 years of service is entitled to an annu-
ity.
‘‘(2)(A) Subject to paragraph (3), an employee or
Member who, after December 31, 1999, is separated from
the service after attaining the minimum retirement age
under subparagraph (B) and completing 30 years of serv-
ice is entitled to an annuity.
‘‘(B) The minimum retirement age under this sub-
paragraph shall be determined in accordance with the
following:
The minimum
retirement age
‘‘For those whose date
under this
of separation occurs
subparagraph is
After December 31, 1999, and before January 1, 2002 .........
After December 31, 2001, and before January 1, 2004 .........
After December 31, 2003, and before January 1, 2006 .........
After December 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2008 .........
After December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2010 .........
After December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2012 .........
After December 31, 2011, and before January 1, 2014 .........
64.
‘‘(3) Any employee or Member who, after December
31, 2013, is separated from the service after becoming 65
years of age and completing 5 years of service is entitled
to an annuity.’’.
(b) AMENDMENT RELATING
TO RETIREMENT
AT
AGE 60 WITH 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.—Section 8412(b)
of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an employee or
Member who is separated from the service after becoming
60 years of age and completing 20 years of service is enti-
tled to an annuity.
‘‘(2) This subsection shall not apply in the case of
any employee or Member whose date of separation occurs
after December 31, 2003.’’.
(c) AMENDMENT RELATING TO RETIREMENT AT AGE
62 WITH 5 YEARS OF SERVICE.—
Section 8412(c) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an employee or
Member who is separated from the service after becoming
62 years of age and completing 5 years of service is enti-
tled to an annuity.
‘‘(2) This subsection shall not apply in the case of
any employee or Member whose date of separation occurs
after December 31, 2007.’’.
(d) REDUCTION FOR EARLY RETIREMENT.—Section
8415(f)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘the sixty–second anniversary of the birth of the
employee or Member’’ and inserting ‘‘the date as of which
such employee or Member attains the minimum retirement
age required to be eligible to retire under paragraph (1),
(2), or (3) of section 8412(a) (as the case may be)’’.
SEC. 4. ELIMINATION OF AGE AND SERVICE REQUIRE-
MENTS SPECIFIC TO MEMBERS OF CON-
GRESS.
(a) ELIMINATION
OF
REQUIREMENTS.—Sections
8336(g) and 8412(f) of title 5, United States Code, are
repealed.
(b) MEMBERS MADE SUBJECT TO THE GENERALLY
APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) RETIREMENT AT AGE 55 WITH 30 YEARS OF
SERVICE.—Section 8336(a) of title 5, United States
Code, as amended by section 2(a), is further amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘or Member’’ after ‘‘employee’’ each
place it appears.
(2) RETIREMENT AT AGE 60 WITH 20 YEARS OF
SERVICE.—Section 8336(b) of title 5, United States
Code, as amended by section 2(b), is further amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘or Member’’ after ‘‘employee’’ each
place it appears.
(3) RETIREMENT AT AGE 62 WITH 5 YEARS OF
SERVICE.—Section 8336(f) of title 5, United States
Code, as amended by section 2(c), is further amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘or Member’’ after ‘‘employee’’ each
place it appears.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on January 1, 1996, and shall
apply with respect to separations occurring on or after
that date.
SEC. 5. FIREFIGHTERS; LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; AIR
TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.
(a) YEARS OF SERVICE REQUIRED FOR AN IMME-
DIATE ANNUITY UNDER CSRS—
(1) SCHEDULE
FOR
INCREASING
YEARS
RE-
QUIRED
TO
30.—Section 8336 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(o)(1) The minimum years of service required under
this paragraph shall be determined in accordance with the
following:
The minimum
number of years of service
‘‘For those whose date
required under this
of separation occurs
paragraph is
Before January 1, 1996 ...........................................................
After December 31, 1995, and before January 1, 1998 .........
After December 31, 1997, and before January 1, 2000 .........
After December 31, 1999, and before January 1, 2002 .........
After December 31, 2001, and before January 1, 2004 .........
After December 31, 2003 ........................................................
30.
‘‘(2) The minimum years of service required under
this paragraph shall be determined in accordance with the
following:
The minimum
number of years of service
‘‘For those whose date
required under this
of separation occurs
paragraph is
Before January 1, 1996 ...........................................................
After December 31, 1995, and before January 1, 1998 .........
After December 31, 1997, and before January 1, 2000 .........
After December 31, 1999, and before January 1, 2002 .........
After December 31, 2001, and before January 1, 2004 .........
After December 31, 2003, and before January 1, 2006 .........
After December 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2008 .........
After December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2010 .........
After December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2012 .........
After December 31, 2011, and before January 1, 2014 .........
After December 31, 2013 ........................................................
30.’’.
(2) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIRE-
FIGHTERS.—Section 8336(c)(1) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c)(1) An employee who is separated from the serv-
ice after becoming 50 years of age and completing a total
number of years of service as a law enforcement officer
or firefighter (including a combination of both types of
service) equal to at least the number of years required
under section 8336(o)(2) is entitled to an annuity.’’.
(3) 
AIR
TRAFFIC
CONTROLLERS.—Section
8336(e) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(e) An employee who is voluntarily or involuntarily
separated from the service, except by removal for cause
on charges of misconduct or delinquency, after—
‘‘(1) completing a number of years of service, at
least equal to the number of years required under
section 8336(o)(1), as an air traffic controller, or
‘‘(2) becoming 50 years of age and completing
a number of years of service, at least equal to the
number of years required under section 8336(o)(2),
as an air traffic controller,
is entitled to an annuity.’’.
(4) MEMBERS OF THE CAPITOL POLICE.—Sec-
tion 8336(m) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(m) A member of the Capitol Police who is sepa-
rated from the service after becoming 50 years of age and
completing a total number of years of service as a member
of the Capitol Police or as a law enforcement officer (in-
cluding a combination of both types of service) equal to
at least the number of years required under section
8336(o)(2) is entitled to an annuity.’’.
(b) YEARS OF SERVICE REQUIRED FOR AN IMME-
DIATE ANNUITY UNDER FERS.—
(1) SCHEDULE
FOR
INCREASING
YEARS
RE-
QUIRED
TO
30.—Section 8412 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(1) completing a total number of years of serv-
ice as a law enforcement officer, member of the Cap-
itol Police, or firefighter (including any combination
of such service) totaling at least the number of years
required under subsection (i)(1), or
‘‘(2) becoming 50 years of age and completing
a total number of years of service as a law enforce-
ment officer, member of the Capitol Police, or fire-
fighter (including any combination of such service)
totaling at least the number of years required under
subsection (i)(2),
is entitled to an annuity.’’.
(3) 
AIR
TRAFFIC
CONTROLLERS.—Section
8412(e) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(e) An employee who is separated from the service,
except by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or
delinquency, after—
‘‘(1) completing a number of years of service, at
least equal to the number of years required under
section 8412(i)(1), as an air traffic controller, or
‘‘(2) becoming 50 years of age and completing
a number of years of service, at least equal to the
number of years required under section 8412(i)(2),
as an air traffic controller,
is entitled to an annuity.’’.
(c) MANDATORY SEPARATION UNDER CSRS.—
(1) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIRE-
FIGHTERS.—Section 8335(b) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking the first 2 sen-
tences and inserting the following: ‘‘A firefighter
who is otherwise eligible for immediate retirement
under section 8336(c) shall be separated from the
service on the last day of the month in which such
firefighter becomes 55 years of age or completes the
minimum number of years of service required to re-
tire under section 8336(c) if then over that age. A
law enforcement officer who is otherwise eligible for
immediate retirement under section 8336(c) shall be
separated from the service on the last day of the
month in which that officer becomes 57 years of age
or completes the minimum number of years of serv-
ice required to retire under section 8336(c) if then
over that age.’’.
(2) MEMBERS OF THE CAPITOL POLICE.—Sec-
tion 8335(d) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking the first sentence and inserting
the following: ‘‘A member of the Capitol Police who
is otherwise eligible for immediate retirement under
section 8336(m) shall be separated from the service
on the last day of the month in which such member
becomes 55 years of age or completes the minimum
number of years of service required to retire under
section 8336(m) if then over that age.’’.
(d) MANDATORY SEPARATION UNDER FERS.—
(1) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, MEMBERS
OF THE CAPITOL POLICE, AND FIREFIGHTERS.—Sec-
tion 8412(b) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking the first 2 sentences and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘A member of the Capitol Police
or firefighter who is otherwise eligible for immediate
retirement under section 8412(d) shall be separated
from the service on the last day of the month in
which such member or firefighter becomes 55 years
of age or completes the minimum number of years
of service required to retire under section 8412(d) if
then over that age. A law enforcement officer who
is otherwise eligible for immediate retirement under
section 8412(d) shall be separated from the service
on the last day of the month in which that law en-
forcement officer becomes 57 years of age or com-
pletes the minimum number of years of service re-
quired to retire under section 8412(d) if then over
that age.’’.
(2) 
AIR
TRAFFIC
CONTROLLERS.—Section
8412(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by striking the first sentence and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘An air traffic controller who is otherwise el-
igible for immediate retirement under section
8412(e) shall be separated from the service on the
last day of the month in which that air traffic con-
troller becomes 56 years of age or completes the
minimum number of years of service required to re-
tire under section 8412(e) if then over that age.’’.
SEC. 6. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) DEFERRED RETIREMENT.—
(1) CSRS.—Section 8338(a) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘years.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘years or, if higher, the minimum age then
required to be eligible to retire under paragraph (1)
or (2) of section 8336(a), as the case may be.’’.
(2) FERS.—Section 8413(a) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘years.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘years or, if higher, the minimum age then
required to be eligible to retire under paragraph (1),
(2), or (3) of section 8412(a), as the case may be.’’.
(b) IMMEDIATE
ANNUITY
UNDER
FERS WITH
RIGHT
TO
DEFER
COMMENCEMENT
DATE.—Section
8412(g) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting after ‘‘sub-
section (h)’’ the following: ‘‘, or, if higher, the mini-
mum age then required to be eligible to retire under
paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 8412(a), as ap-
plicable,’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘62 years of
age.’’ and inserting ‘‘65 years of age’’.
(c) ELIMINATION OF HIGHER PERCENTAGE USED IN
FERS COMPUTATIONS AFTER 2007.—Section 8415(g)(2)
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘controller.’’ and inserting ‘‘controller, or in the case of
any benefits computed based on a separation occurring
after December 31, 2007.’’.
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