[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 155 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 155

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate an inequity in the 
applicability of early retirement eligibility requirements to military 
                          reserve technicians.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 23, 2001

 Mr. Bingaman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate an inequity in the 
applicability of early retirement eligibility requirements to military 
                          reserve technicians.

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

SECTION 1. EQUITABLE APPLICATION OF EARLY RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY 
              REQUIREMENTS TO MILITARY RESERVE TECHNICIANS.

    (a) Technicians Covered by FERS.--Paragraph (1) of section 8414(c) 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``after becoming 
50 years of age and completing 25 years of service'' and inserting 
``after completing 25 years of service or after becoming 50 years of 
age and completing 20 years of service''.
    (b) Technicians Covered by CSRS.--Section 8336 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(p) Section 8414(c) of this title applies--
            ``(1) under paragraph (1) of such section to a military 
        reserve technician described in that paragraph for purposes of 
        determining entitlement to an annuity under this subchapter; 
        and
            ``(2) under paragraph (2) of such section to a military 
        technician (dual status) described in that paragraph for 
        purposes of determining entitlement to an annuity under this 
        subchapter.''.
    (c) Applicability.--Subsection (c) of section 8414 of title 5, 
United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), and subsection (p) 
of section 8336 of such title (as added by subsection (b)), shall apply 
according to the provisions thereof with respect to separations from 
service referred to in such subsections that occur on or after October 
5, 1999.
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