I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3269 
To repeal the revised annuity employee and further revised annuity employee 
categories within the Federal Employees Retirement System, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2017 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
EVANS, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. 
LEE, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
PETERSON, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. VEASEY, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. POCAN, and Mr. 
GARAMENDI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To repeal the revised annuity employee and further revised 
annuity employee categories within the Federal Employ-
ees Retirement 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 Employee Pen-
sion Fairness Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF FERS REVISED AND FURTHER REVISED 
ANNUITANT CATEGORIES. 
(a) REPEAL OF ANNUITY COMPUTATION.—Section 
8415 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing subsection (d). 
(b) REPEAL OF ANNUITANT CATEGORIES.—Section 
8422(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘other than revised annuity em-
ployees or further revised annuity employees’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C). 
(c) REPEAL
OF GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
Section 8423(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) In determining any normal-cost percentage 
to be applied under this subsection, amounts pro-
vided for under section 8422 shall be taken into ac-
count.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 8401 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (35)(B), by striking the semi- 
colon at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (36), by striking ‘‘; and’’ at 
the end and inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking paragraphs (37) and (38). 
(e) APPLICATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply on the first day of the first 
pay period beginning after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) TREATMENT OF FORMER REVISED OR FUR-
THER REVISED ANNUITANTS.—Any individual who, 
as of the date of enactment of this Act, was a re-
vised annuity employee or a further revised annuity 
employee (but for the amendments made by this sec-
tion) shall be deemed to be an employee or Member 
(as those terms are defined in section 8401 of title 
5, United States Code) for purposes of chapter 84 
of such title. 
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF FOREIGN SERVICE REVISED OR FUR-
THER REVISED ANNUITY PARTICIPANT CAT-
EGORIES. 
(a) REPEAL OF ANNUITANT CATEGORIES.—Section 
856(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4071e(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(2) The applicable percentage for a participant 
other than a revised annuity participant or a further re-
vised annuity participant shall be as follows: 
‘‘7.5 .................................
Before January 1, 1999. 
7.75 .................................
January 1, 1999, to December 31, 1999. 
7.9 ...................................
January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2000. 
7.55 .................................
After January 11, 2003.’’. 
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(b) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.—Section 857 of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071f) is 
amended by striking subsection (c). 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 852 of 
such Act is amended (22 U.S.C. 4071a)— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (7) and (8); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (9), (10), and 
(11) as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively. 
(d) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply on the first day of the first 
pay period beginning after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) TREATMENT OF FORMER REVISED OR FUR-
THER REVISED ANNUITANTS.—Any individual who, 
as of the date of enactment of this Act, was a re-
vised annuity participant or a further revised annu-
ity participant (but for the amendments made by 
this section) shall be deemed to be a participant (as 
that term is defined in section 852 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071a)) for pur-
poses of the Foreign Service pension system. 
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