# 119-s-26: A bill to exclude locality adjustments from average pay for purposes of computing the amount of retirement annuities of new employees.

119-s-26, A bill to exclude locality adjustments from average pay for purposes of computing the amount of retirement annuities of new employees., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-26
- Congress: 119
- Title: A bill to exclude locality adjustments from average pay for purposes of computing the amount of retirement annuities of new employees.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Excludes locality-based comparability pay from the retirement and disability annuity formulas for a defined class of new Federal Employees’ Retirement System members.** This bill would require the 'average pay' used to compute annuities for certain new hires to omit locality pay under 5 U.S.C. 5304 and 5304a. - New federal hires covered by FERS: Retirement and disability annuities for these employees would be calculated using an average pay that excludes locality-based comparability payments. - "Revised average pay employee" is defined as someone with no creditable civilian service on the date of enactment who later becomes an employee or Member covered under the chapter. - Employees or Members with prior creditable civilian service remain subject to the existing average-pay calculation and are not in the newly defined group.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Locality pay removed from new hires' annuities: cost, medium. If enacted, this bill would change how retirement annuities are calculated for some new federal hires. It would exclude locality-based comparability pay (the extra pay for high-cost areas) from the "average pay" used to compute annuities. You would be affected only if, on the date of enactment, you…

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- 119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-2121: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-5258: PREFERRED Screening Act
- 119-s-4302: Improving IRS Customer Service Act
- 119-s-1941: Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-26 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/26)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120)
- [119-s-2121: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2121)
- [119-s-5258: PREFERRED Screening Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5258)
- [119-s-4302: Improving IRS Customer Service Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4302)
- [119-s-1941: Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1941)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-26 (as of 2025-12-21).