HR 4777
110th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Annuities
Civil service retirement
Congress
Congressional pensions
Ex-Members of Congress
Families
Federal employees
Labor and Employment
Law
Marriage
Survivors' benefits
Widowers
Widows
Women
To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities; to provide that a survivor annuity be provided to the widow or widower of a former employee who dies after separating from Government service with title to a deferred annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System but before establishing a valid claim therefor, and for other purposes.
Introduced: December 18, 2007
Introduced by:
Velázquez, Nydia M.
Democratic
· New York
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Became law
Jan 16, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Dec 18, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 18, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends federal civil service law to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities, including survivor annuities, under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) and for individuals becoming subject to FERS by election.
Terminates the entitlement of a survivor who remarries before age 55 (currently, who remarries at any age) to an annuity based on the service of a deferred annuitant who dies before establishing a valid claim for a CSRS annuity.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
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