[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 71 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 71

 Expressing the sense of the Congress that Federal retirement cost-of-
     living adjustments should not be delayed, and that retirement 
 contributions on the part of Federal agencies and Federal and postal 
                   employees should not be increased.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 1997

   Mr. Cummings (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
Filner, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Fazio of California, and Mr. DeFazio) submitted 
    the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Congress that Federal retirement cost-of-
     living adjustments should not be delayed, and that retirement 
 contributions on the part of Federal agencies and Federal and postal 
                   employees should not be increased.

Whereas, over the years, Federal employees and retirees have regularly been 
        forced to bear a disproportionate share in connection with deficit 
        reduction;
Whereas it would be inequitable to delay cost-of-living adjustments for Federal 
        retirees when like delays for similarly situated retirees under other 
        systems are clearly inappropriate; and
Whereas it would be unfair to require greater retirement contributions on the 
        part of Federal agencies and Federal and postal employees when the 
        Congressional Budget Office testified before Congress, on June 28, 1995 
        (and reaffirmed on April 29, 1997), that ``the retirement fund does not 
        face a financial crisis'', and that the fund's ``projected cash flow 
        deficits appear to be manageable under the current pay-as-you-go 
        policy'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) cost-of-living adjustments for Federal retirees should 
        be paid in January of each year, as current law prescribes, and 
        should not be delayed, and
            (2) retirement contributions on the part of Federal 
        agencies and Federal and postal employees should not be 
        increased,
whether as part of a budget agreement or otherwise.
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