Title: A bill to make technical corrections to the computation of average pay under Public Law 110-279.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This bill addresses retirement benefits for certain Senate Restaurants employees who were Architect of the Capitol (AOC) employees and who became employees of a contractor under a food services contract. A provision that deems their rate of basic pay the same as such rate when AOC entered into the contract no longer applies to their retirement benefits.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1436 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1436

 To make technical corrections to the computation of average pay under 
                          Public Law 110-279.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2019

Mr. Schumer (for Mr. Brown (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Blunt)) 
 introduced the following bill; which was read twice, considered, read 
                       the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make technical corrections to the computation of average pay under 
                          Public Law 110-279.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO COMPUTATION OF AVERAGE PAY UNDER 
              PUBLIC LAW 110-279.

    (a) In General.--Section 1(c)(2)(A) of Public Law 110-279 (2 U.S.C. 
2051(c)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``For purposes of'' and all that follows 
        through ``(i) any period'' and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) Treatment of service.--For purposes 
                        of chapters 83, 84, and 87 of title 5, United 
                        States Code, any period'';
            (2) in clause (i), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
        period; and
            (3) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) by inserting ``Treatment of pay.--For purposes 
                of chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code,'' before 
                ``the rate of basic pay''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the covered'' and inserting ``a 
                covered''.
    (b) Regulations.--
            (1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Personnel 
        Management shall promulgate regulations to carry out this 
        section.
            (2) Effective date.--The regulations promulgated under 
        paragraph (1) shall take effect not later than 180 days after 
        the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Applicability of Amendments.--
            (1) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms 
        ``contractor'', ``covered individual'', and ``food services 
        contract'' have the meanings given those terms in section 1(a) 
        of Public Law 110-279 (2 U.S.C. 2051(a)).
            (2) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section 
        shall apply with respect to--
                    (A) a covered individual who separates from service 
                as an employee of a contractor performing services 
                under the food services contract before, on, or after 
                the date of enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) each payment to a covered individual under 
                chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code, made 
                on or after the effective date of the regulations 
                promulgated under subsection (b).
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