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                                                       Calendar No. 260
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 873

                          [Report No. 115-183]

 To amend section 8433 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
    flexibility in making withdrawals from the Thrift Savings Fund.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                April 6 (legislative day, April 4), 2017

 Mr. Portman (for himself, Mr. Carper, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Rounds, and 
  Mr. Kaine) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

                            November 8, 2017

               Reported by Mr. Johnson, with an amendment
                  [Insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 8433 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
    flexibility in making withdrawals from the Thrift Savings Fund.

    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 ``TSP Modernization Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL FLEXIBILITY.

    (a) Post-Separation Partial Withdrawals.--Section 8433(c) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and who has not made a 
        withdrawal under subsection (h)(1)(A) may make one withdrawal'' 
        and inserting ``may make 1 or more withdrawals''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) Withdrawals under this subsection shall be subject to such 
other conditions as the Executive Director may prescribe by 
regulation.''.
    (b) Stopping Periodic Payments.--Section 8433(d)(2) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``change an'' and inserting ``return a 
        payment that was made under an''; and
            (2) by striking ``a payment'' and inserting ``such 
        payment''.
    (c) Elimination of Withdrawal Election Deadline.--Section 8433(f) 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1) Notwithstanding'' and inserting 
        ``Notwithstanding''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (2).
    (d) Age-Based In-Service Withdrawals.--Section 8433(h) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as 
        paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively.
    (e) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 8432b(h)(2)(A) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 8433(d), 
or paragraph (1) or (2) of section 8433(h)'' and inserting ``subsection 
(d) or (f) of section 8433''.
    (f) Regulations.--As soon as is administratively feasible, as 
determined by the Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift 
Investment Board, the Executive Director shall prescribe regulations to 
carry out the amendments made by this section.
    (g) Effective Date; Applicability.--The amendments made by this 
section shall--
            (1) take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and
            (2) apply on and after the effective date of the 
        regulations prescribed under subsection (f).
                                                       Calendar No. 260

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 873

                          [Report No. 115-183]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend section 8433 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
    flexibility in making withdrawals from the Thrift Savings Fund.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            November 8, 2017

                       Reported with an amendment