# 119-hr-3305: LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2025

119-hr-3305, LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-02).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3305
- Congress: 119
- Title: LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-02

## Summary

**Buy back capped overtime premium pay to increase pensions.** The bill would let federal law enforcement officers include premium pay that was previously limited by statute in their pension calculations by making an upfront lump-sum payment or by accepting an actuarial reduction. It would also extend availability pay to a set of criminal investigators and create a tax credit to help cover the lump-sum buy-in. - Federal law enforcement officers would be able to purchase retirement credit for premium pay previously excluded from Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) annuities by making a lump-sum payment or electing an actuarial reduction. Officers can request an upfront payment estimate and must elect to pay within 90 days; the Office of Personnel Management must issue implementing regulations within one year. - Certain criminal investigators would become eligible for availability pay. The bill lists covered categories including Postal Inspectors, GS-1811 criminal investigators, Federal air marshals, Diplomatic Security Service special agents, probation officers, and pretrial services officers. - Individuals who make the lump-sum payment to secure the enhanced retirement credit would get a non-refundable federal income tax credit equal to the amount of those payments for the taxable year.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] (R-TX), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2025-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Tax credit for buy-in payments: benefit, high. If you make a lump-sum buy-in payment for this pension boost, you could claim a federal income tax credit for the same amount that year. The credit would be nonrefundable, so it lowers the tax you owe but would not create a refund if it exceeds your tax. You could claim it in the year you pay.
- Availability pay for more investigators: benefit, medium. If enacted, more federal investigators would qualify for availability pay. Covered jobs would include Postal Inspectors, GS-1811 investigators, Federal Air Marshals, Diplomatic Security Service special agents, probation officers, and pretrial services officers. These workers would be treated as cri…
- Higher pensions for law officers, with buy-in: mixed, medium. If enacted, covered federal law enforcement officers could count previously capped premium pay in the three-year average used to set their pension. To get this, you would either pay a one-time lump sum equal to the difference in pension contributions for those three years, or accept a lower monthly…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-hres-70: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains…
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-1269: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-3305 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3305)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hres-70: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-70)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-1269: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1269)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3305 (as of 2026-09-02).