Federal Employee Locality Accountability in Retirement Act

Bill: 118-s-4833
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2024-07-30
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2024-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4833 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 30, 2024 Mr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To exclude locality adjustments from average pay for purposes of computing the amount of retirement annuities of new employees.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Employee Locality Accountability in Retirement Act . 2. Exclusion of locality adjustments from retirement annuities Section 8401 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting , which for a revised average pay employee shall exclude any locality-based comparability payments under section 5304 or 5304a, after rates of basic pay ; (2) in paragraph (38)(B), by striking and at the end; (3) in paragraph (39), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (40) the term revised average pay employee means an individual who— (A) on the date of enactment of this paragraph— (i) is not an employee or Member covered under this chapter; (ii) is not performing civilian service which is creditable service under section 8411; and (iii) has not performed any civilian service which is creditable service under section 8411; and (B) after the date of enactment of this paragraph, becomes employed as an employee or becomes a Member covered under this chapter performing service which is creditable service under section 8411. .