[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1948 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1948

    To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the amount of 
  additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and 
     requires the services of an attendant, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2007

  Mr. Capuano (for himself, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Frank of 
  Massachusetts, Mr. Berman, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Moran of 
  Virginia, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Hastings of Florida, and Mr. 
   Kennedy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the amount of 
  additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and 
     requires the services of an attendant, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Joseph E. Keane Federal Employees 
Freedom Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT.

    Section 8111(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$1,500'' and inserting ``$4,000''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``The additional 
        sum allowable under this subsection shall be increased, 
        beginning October 1, 2009, and biennially thereafter, by the 
        percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
        Consumers (United States city average) during the 2-year period 
        ending 2 months before the date of the increase.''.
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