3.0.0 531 2022-11-01T16:32:55Z 2022-11-01T16:32:55Z Senate S 2019-02-14 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-14T22:34:26Z First Responder Fair RETIRE Act 116 1256 HR 2019-02-14 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2019-02-14 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-02-14 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-04-30 False Government Operations and Politics Aviation and airports Border security and unlawful immigration Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Congressional officers and employees Customs enforcement Department of Homeland Security Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Disability and paralysis Employee hiring Fires First responders and emergency personnel Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Law enforcement officers Supreme Court Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-21T15:20:31Z First Responder Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act of 2019 or the First Responder Fair RETIRE Act

This bill allows disabled federal first responders (e.g., law enforcement officers, customs and border protection officers, and firefighters) to continue receiving federal retirement benefits in the same manner as though they had not been disabled.

Under current law, federal first responders are subject to a mandatory retirement age of 57. To facilitate this earlier retirement, federal first responders are required to pay a greater percentage of their salary towards retirement. Additionally, their annuity amount is calculated at a higher rate than other federal employees.

This bill allows a federal first responder to remain in the accelerated retirement system if they are placed in another civil service position outside of that system after returning to work from a work-related injury or illness. Further, if such an employee is separated from service before they are entitled to receive an annuity, they may receive a refund of their accelerated contributions.

]]> First Responder Fair RETIRE Act Display Title First Responder Fair RETIRE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced First Responder Fair RETIRE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced First Responder Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to permit disabled law enforcement officers, customs and border protection officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, members of the Capitol Police, members of the Supreme Court Police, employees of the Central Intelligence Agency performing intelligence activities abroad or having specialized security requirements, and diplomatic security special agents of the Department of State to receive retirement benefits in the same manner as if they had not been disabled. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s531is/xml/BILLS-116s531is.xml 2019-02-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.