[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 2003 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2003

 To facilitate the part-time reemployment of annuitants, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2007

Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Voinovich) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
               Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To facilitate the part-time reemployment of annuitants, 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. PART-TIME REEMPLOYMENT.

    (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8344 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (m);
            (2) by inserting after subsection (k) the following:
    ``(l)(1)(A) For purposes of this subsection--
            ``(i) the term `agency' means--
                    ``(I) an Executive agency;
                    ``(II) the United States Postal Service;
                    ``(III) the judicial branch; and
                    ``(IV) any employing entity covered by subsection 
                (k); and
            ``(ii) the term `limited time appointee' means an annuitant 
        appointed under a temporary appointment limited to 1 year or 
        less.
    ``(B) The head of an agency, in the case of an agency described in 
subclause (III) or (IV) of subparagraph (A)(i), shall be determined in 
the same manner as provided for under subsection (j) or (k), 
respectively.
    ``(2) The head of any agency may waive the application of 
subsection (a) or (b) with respect to any annuitant who is employed in 
such agency as a limited time appointee.
    ``(3) The head of any agency may not waive the application of 
subsection (a) or (b) with respect to an annuitant--
            ``(A) for more than 520 hours of service performed by such 
        annuitant during the period ending 6 months following the 
        individual's annuity commencing date;
            ``(B) for more than 1040 hours of service performed by such 
        annuitant during any 12-month period; or
            ``(C) for more than 6240 hours of service performed by such 
        annuitant during the individual's lifetime.
    ``(4)(A) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management may 
promulgate regulations providing for the administration of this 
subsection.
    ``(B) Any regulations promulgated under subparagraph (A) may--
                    ``(i) provide standards for the maintenance and 
                form of necessary records of employment under this 
                subsection;
                    ``(ii) to the extent not otherwise expressly 
                prohibited by law, require employing organizations to 
                provide records of such employment to the Office of 
                Personnel Management or other employing organizations 
                as necessary to ensure compliance with paragraph (3);
                    ``(iii) permit other administratively convenient 
                periods substantially equivalent to 12 months, such as 
                26 pay periods, to be used in determining compliance 
                with paragraph (3)(B); and
                    ``(iv) include such other administrative 
                requirements as the Director of the Office of Personnel 
                Management may find appropriate to provide for the 
                effective operation of, or to ensure compliance with, 
                this subsection.''; and
            (3) in subsection (m) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(k)'' and 
                inserting ``(l)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or (k)'' and 
                inserting ``(k), or (l)''.
    (b) Federal Employee Retirement System.--Section 8468 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j);
            (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following:
    ``(i)(1)(A) For purposes of this subsection--
            ``(i) the term `agency' means--
                    ``(I) an Executive agency;
                    ``(II) the United States Postal Service;
                    ``(III) the judicial branch; and
                    ``(IV) any employing authority covered by 
                subsection (h); and
            ``(ii) the term `limited time appointee' means an annuitant 
        appointed under a temporary appointment limited to 1 year or 
        less.
    ``(B) The head of an agency, in the case of an agency described in 
subclause (III) or (IV) of subparagraph (A)(i), shall be determined in 
the same manner as provided for under subsection (g) or (h), 
respectively; and
    ``(2) The head of any agency may waive the application of 
subsection (a) with respect to any annuitant who is employed in such 
agency as a limited time appointee.
    ``(3) The head of any agency may not waive the application of 
subsection (a) with respect to an annuitant--
            ``(A) for more than 520 hours of service performed by such 
        annuitant during the period ending 6 months following the 
        individual's annuity commencing date;
            ``(B) for more than 1040 hours of service performed by such 
        annuitant during any 12-month period; or
            ``(C) for more than 6240 hours of service performed by such 
        annuitant during the individual's lifetime.
    ``(4)(A) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management may 
promulgate regulations providing for the administration of this 
subsection.
    ``(B) Any regulations promulgated under subparagraph (A) may--
            ``(i) provide standards for the maintenance and form of 
        necessary records of employment under this subsection;
            ``(ii) to the extent not otherwise expressly prohibited by 
        law, require employing organizations to provide records of such 
        employment to the Office or other employing organizations as 
        necessary to ensure compliance with paragraph (3);
            ``(iii) permit other administratively convenient periods 
        substantially equivalent to 12 months, such as 26 pay periods, 
        to be used in determining compliance with paragraph (3)(B); and
            ``(iv) include such other administrative requirements as 
        the Director of the Office of Personnel Management may find 
        appropriate to provide for effective operation of, or to ensure 
        compliance with, this subsection.''; and
            (3) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(h)'' and 
                inserting ``(i)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or (h)'' and 
                inserting ``(h), or (i)''.
    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 1005(d)(2) of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(l)(2)'' and inserting ``(m)(2)''; and
            (2) by striking ``(i)(2)'' and inserting ``(j)(2)''.
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