Retired Civil Servant Military Service Restoration Act

Bill: 115-hr-1839
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2017-03-30
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Members of Congress

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><STRONG>Retired Civil Servant Military Service Restoration Act</STRONG></p> <p>This bill allows an employee or Member of Congress who has performed military service and who retires on or after September 8, 1982, to make the deposit required for crediting such service under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) at any time before or after the date of separation on which the entitlement to an annuity under CSRS is based.</p> <p>Such a deposit made after separation, and the annuity or lump-sum payable after such deposit, is required to include computed interest.</p> <p>The retirement counselor training program is revised to promote fully informed retirement decisions in the case of employees and Members who served in the Armed Forces regarding the crediting of military service.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1839 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 30, 2017 Mr. O'Rourke introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the timing of deposits relating to the Civil Service Retirement System with respect to crediting military service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Retired Civil Servant Military Service Restoration Act . 2. Retroactive military service deposit under Civil Service Retirement System (a) Timing of deposit (1) In general Section 8334(j) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (6) (A) A deposit described under paragraph (1) may be made by an employee or Member at any time before or after the date of separation on which the entitlement to any annuity under this subchapter is based. (B) With respect to a deposit made after such date pursuant to subparagraph (A)— (i) the deposit shall include interest computed in accordance with subsection (e); and (ii) the annuity or lump-sum payable after such deposit is made shall include interest computed in accordance with this subchapter. . (2) Effective date The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any employee or Member (as such terms are defined in section 8331 of title 5, United States Code) who retires on or after September 8, 1982. (b) Retirement counseling Paragraph (1) of section 8350(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (1) The training program established under subsection (b) of this section shall— (A) provide for comprehensive training in the provisions and administration of this subchapter and chapter 84 of this title; (B) shall be designed to promote fully informed retirement decisions by employees and Members under this subchapter and individuals subject to chapter 84 of this title, including, in the case of employees and Members who served in the Armed Forces, decisions regarding the crediting of military service pursuant to sections 8332 and 8334 of this title; and (C) shall be revised as necessary to assure that the information furnished to retirement counselors of agencies under the program is current. .