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                                                 Union Calendar No. 737
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4431

                      [Report No. 115-946, Part I]

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for interest payments 
 by agencies in the case of administrative error in processing certain 
              annuity deposits for prior military service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2017

 Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, Mr. 
Banks of Indiana, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Meadows, Mrs. Handel, Mr. Higgins 
of Louisiana, Mr. Gomez, and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period 
    to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

                           September 12, 2018

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Cook, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Russell, and Mr. Coffman

                           September 12, 2018

     Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

                           September 12, 2018

    Committee on House Administration discharged; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed


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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for interest payments 
 by agencies in the case of administrative error in processing certain 
              annuity deposits for prior military service.


 


    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 ``Correcting Miscalculations in 
Veterans' Pensions Act''.

SEC. 2. INTEREST PAYMENT AS A RESULT OF ERROR IN PROCESSING OF ANNUITY 
              DEPOSIT AMOUNTS.

    (a) CSRS.--Section 8334(j) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(6)(A) In calculating and processing the deposit under paragraph 
(1) with respect to an employee, Member, or annuitant, if the employing 
agency of such employee, Member, or annuitant makes an administrative 
error, such employing agency may pay, on behalf of the employee, 
Member, or annuitant, any additional interest assessed due to the 
administrative error.
    ``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Senate 
or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as 
appropriate, shall be considered the employing agency of a Member or 
Congressional employee.
    ``(C) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 
issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this paragraph.''.
    (b) FERS.--Section 8422(e) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(7)(A) In calculating and processing the deposit under paragraph 
(1) with respect to an employee, Member, or annuitant, if the employing 
agency of such employee, Member, or annuitant makes an administrative 
error, such employing agency may pay, on behalf of the employee, 
Member, or annuitant, any additional interest assessed due to the 
administrative error.
    ``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Senate 
or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as 
appropriate, shall be considered the employing agency of a Member or 
Congressional employee.
    ``(C) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 
issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this paragraph.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 737

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4431

                      [Report No. 115-946, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for interest payments 
 by agencies in the case of administrative error in processing certain 
              annuity deposits for prior military service.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 12, 2018

     Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

                           September 12, 2018

    Committee on House Administration discharged; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed