Federal Retirement Fairness Act
Sponsored By: Representative Connolly
Introduced
Summary
Lets temporary civilian federal service performed after Dec. 31, 1988 count toward Federal Employees Retirement System benefits. This removes a decades‑old cutoff so later temporary service can be treated as creditable service for retirement purposes.
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- Temporary federal employees, including temporary U.S. Postal Service employees, would be able to count service performed on or after Jan 1, 1989 toward FERS if they make the required deposit.
- Individuals identified as "Members" in the retirement code would also be eligible to credit post‑1988 temporary service toward retirement.
- The Office of Personnel Management would have to notify agency Chief Human Capital Officers and issue regulations so agencies can inform eligible employees and accept deposit requests.
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Count temporary federal work toward pension
If enacted, this bill would let you count temporary federal work done after December 31, 1988 toward your federal pension. This would apply to current federal employees and Members of Congress, including temporary Postal Service workers. You could make a deposit to have that time counted under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). OPM would notify agencies to alert eligible workers and would write rules to carry this out. It would apply to people who are employees or Members on or after the date of enactment.
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Connolly
VA • D
Cosponsors
Valadao
CA • R
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Budzinski
IL • D
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Bacon
NE • R
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Barragan
CA • D
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Clarke (NY)
NY • D
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Ramirez
IL • D
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Fitzpatrick
PA • R
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Sherrill
NJ • D
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Cohen
TN • D
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Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
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Larsen (WA)
WA • D
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Kim
CA • R
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Panetta
CA • D
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Mullin
CA • D
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Swalwell
CA • D
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Amo
RI • D
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Davis (NC)
NC • D
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Casar
TX • D
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Brownley
CA • D
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Houlahan
PA • D
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Schneider
IL • D
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Strickland
WA • D
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Tonko
NY • D
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Neguse
CO • D
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Salinas
OR • D
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Malliotakis
NY • R
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DelBene
WA • D
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Mrvan
IN • D
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Chu
CA • D
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Bera
CA • D
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Costa
CA • D
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McCollum
MN • D
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Omar
MN • D
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Jayapal
WA • D
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Bonamici
OR • D
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Whitesides
CA • D
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Garcia (IL)
IL • D
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Garamendi
CA • D
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Hoyle (OR)
OR • D
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Suozzi
NY • D
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Carbajal
CA • D
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Garbarino
NY • R
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Tenney
NY • R
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Meeks
NY • D
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Deluzio
PA • D
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Casten
IL • D
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Bynum
OR • D
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Moskowitz
FL • D
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McBath
GA • D
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Frankel, Lois
FL • D
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Bishop
GA • D
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Krishnamoorthi
IL • D
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Cleaver
MO • D
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Kelly (IL)
IL • D
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Keating
MA • D
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Goldman (TX)
TX • R
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Titus
NV • D
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Garcia (CA)
CA • D
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Trahan
MA • D
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Doggett
TX • D
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Wasserman Schultz
FL • D
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Perez
WA • D
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Carter (LA)
LA • D
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Sorensen
IL • D
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Ross
NC • D
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Meng
NY • D
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Horsford
NV • D
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Soto
FL • D
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Landsman
OH • D
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Craig
MN • D
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Norcross
NJ • D
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Subramanyam
VA • D
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Graves
MO • R
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Schrier
WA • D
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Friedman
CA • D
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Balint
VT • D
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Lynch
MA • D
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Randall
WA • D
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Van Drew
NJ • R
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Langworthy
NY • R
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Lawler
NY • R
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Fletcher
TX • D
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Neal
MA • D
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Bost
IL • R
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Conaway
NJ • D
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Pettersen
CO • D
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Gray
CA • D
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Sewell
AL • D
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Kaptur
OH • D
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Harder (CA)
CA • D
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Cuellar
TX • D
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Castro (TX)
TX • D
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Green, Al (TX)
TX • D
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Foushee
NC • D
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Mfume
MD • D
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Mannion
NY • D
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Riley (NY)
NY • D
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Gillen
NY • D
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Lieu
CA • D
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Turner (OH)
OH • R
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Tlaib
MI • D
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Pressley
MA • D
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Thanedar
MI • D
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Figures
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NY • R
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AZ • R
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Dexter
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Kennedy (NY)
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DeGette
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Thompson (CA)
CA • D
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AZ • D
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Morelle
NY • D
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Goldman (NY)
NY • D
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Crockett
TX • D
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McClain Delaney
MD • D
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Peters
CA • D
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Rivas
CA • D
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Kean
NJ • R
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McBride
DE • D
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Levin
CA • D
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McGarvey
KY • D
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Bresnahan
PA • R
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Tran
CA • D
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Walkinshaw
VA • D
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Grijalva
AZ • D
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Evans (PA)
PA • D
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