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S 153 105th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Age discrimination in employment Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues College teachers Education Higher education Pension funds Retirement age Social Welfare Teachers' tenure

A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to allow institutions of higher education to offer faculty members who are serving under an arrangement providing for unlimited…

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A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to allow institutions of higher education to offer faculty members who are serving under an arrangement providing for unlimited tenure, benefits on voluntary retirement that are reduced or eliminated on the basis of age, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 21, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Jan 21, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Jan 21, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S538-539)
Jan 21, 1997
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to declare that it is not a violation of certain age discrimination provisions solely because a plan or arrangement of a higher education institution offers employees with unlimited tenure benefits on a voluntary retirement that are reduced or eliminated on the basis of age.

What's happening now January 21, 1997

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 10, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 153: A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to allow institutions of higher education to offer faculty members who are serving under an arrangement providing for unlimited tenure, benefits on voluntary retirement that are reduced or eliminated on the basis of age, and for other purposes.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-153/
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"S. 153: A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to allow institutions of higher education to offer faculty members who are serving under an arrangement providing for unlimited tenure, benefits on voluntary retirement that are reduced or eliminated on the basis of age, and for other purposes.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-153/.
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S. 153, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-153/.
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[S. 153: A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to allow institutions of higher education to offer faculty members who are serving under an arrangement providing for unlimited tenure, benefits on voluntary retirement that are reduced or eliminated on the basis of age, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-153/)
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