I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2652 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Members must complete 
12 years of creditable service in order to be vested in an annuity under 
the Federal Employee Retirement System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2011 
Mr. COBLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Mem-
bers must complete 12 years of creditable service in 
order to be vested in an annuity under the Federal 
Employee 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. AMENDMENT TO FERS ANNUITY FOR MEMBERS 
OF CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8410 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or Member’’ and in-
serting after ‘‘8411’’ the following: ‘‘, and a Member must 
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complete at least 12 years of such service creditable under 
such section,’’. 
(b) IMMEDIATE RETIREMENT.—Section 8412 of such 
title is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘or Member’’ 
and by adding at the end the following: ‘‘A Member 
who is separated from the service after becoming 62 
years of age and completing 12 years of service is 
entitled to an annuity.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘or Member’’ 
each place it appears. 
(c) DEFERRED RETIREMENT.—Section 8413 of such 
title is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or Member’’ 
each place it appears and by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘A Member who is separated from the 
service, or transferred to a position in which the 
Member does not continue subject to this chapter, 
after completing 12 years of service is entitled to an 
annuity beginning at the age of 62 years.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or Member’’ 
each place it appears. 
(d) COMPUTATION OF ANNUITY.—Section 8415 of 
such title is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘12 years’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘or Member’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘, or 12 years of service 
as a Member,’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by section 
1 shall take effect on the first day of the 113th Congress, 
but shall not apply to an individual who served as a Mem-
ber at any time before such first day. 
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘Member’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 8401(20) of title 5, United States Code. 
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