[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4153 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4153

 To provide for equitable retirement for military reserve technicians 
 who are covered under the Federal Employment Retirement System or the 
                    Civil Service Retirement System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 1998

 Mr. Abercrombie (for himself, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Payne, 
 Mr. Underwood, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, and Ms. 
Brown of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                 the Committee on Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for equitable retirement for military reserve technicians 
 who are covered under the Federal Employment Retirement System or the 
                    Civil Service Retirement System.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EQUITABLE RETIREMENT FOR MILITARY RESERVE TECHNICIANS.

    (a) Technicians Covered by CSRS.--Section 8336 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(o) A military reserve technician (as that term is defined in 
section 8401(30) of this title), is entitled to an annuity if such 
technician--
            ``(1) is separated from service as a military reserve 
        technician after becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 
        years of such service; or
            ``(2) is separated from service as a military reserve 
        technician after completing 25 years of such service.''.
    (b) Technicians Covered by FERS.--Section 8414(c) of such title is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) A military reserve technician is entitled to an annuity if 
such technician--
            ``(1) is separated from service as a military reserve 
        technician after becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 
        years of such service; or
            ``(2) is separated from service as a military reserve 
        technician after completing 25 years of such service.''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to a separation from service as a military reserve 
technician (as that term is defined in section 8401(30) of title 5, 
United States Code) occurring on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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