§2064 Senate Employee Child Care Center Employee Benefits

Summary

Lets workers at the Senate Employee Child Care Center join certain federal retirement, disability, survivor, and life‑insurance programs if they sign up quickly. Workers who were on the job on October 6, 1992 must elect coverage with the Secretary of the Senate within 60 days after that date. Workers hired after October 6, 1992 must elect coverage within 60 days after they start work. If a worker elects coverage, their service can be counted as federal service under section 8411 of title 5. Time before January 1, 1993 counts if the worker pays the required deposit under section 8411(f)(2). Time on or after October 6, 1992 counts if the worker has the required payroll deductions taken out (as set by the Office of Personnel Management). service also counts for survivor annuities and disability benefits if the worker pays the amount OPM sets for those periods, plus interest. Workers are treated as congressional employees for retirement (chapter 84) and as employees for life insurance (chapter 87), and they may start making contributions beginning the first pay period on or after October 6, 1992. The Secretary of the Senate must pay the government’s share of contributions from the Senate’s contingent fund account called “Miscellaneous Items,” and the Secretary will also pay employer payroll tax under section 3111 of title 26 to the Center after the Center shows it paid that tax. The Center must work with the Secretary, keep required employee records, make the necessary payroll deductions, and send them to the Secretary for remittance to OPM. OPM may issue rules to carry this out.