A bill to exclude locality adjustments from average pay for purposes of computing the amount of retirement annuities of new employees.

Bill: 119-s-26
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2025-01-07
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill excludes locality-based comparability payments from the calculation of retirement and disability annuities for new employees in the Federal Employees’ Retirement System. (General schedule and certain other federal employees receive locality-based comparability payments when their official worksite is located in a geographic area with a pay disparity between federal and non-federal workers of more than 5%.)</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 26 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 7, 2025 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. 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. .