S 416
101th Congress
Senate
Economics and Public Finance
Annuities
Budget deficits
Civil service retirement
Cost of living adjustments
Disability retirement
Federal budgets
Foreign service
Government spending reductions
Intelligence officers
Military pensions
Railroad retirement plans
COLA Equity Act of 1989
Introduced: February 22, 1989
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 22, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Feb 22, 1989
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
COLA Equity Act of 1989 - Provides for all Federal civilian and military retirees to receive the full cost-of-living adjustments in annuities payable under Federal retirement systems for FY 1990 and 1991. (Includes benefits payable under the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and railroad retirement programs.)
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt railroad retirement supplemental annuities from sequestration.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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