HR 5573
110th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Compensation (Law)
Dismissal of employees
Early retirement
Federal employees
Law
Retirement
Sick leave
Transfer of employees
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a lump-sum payment for certain Federal employees who retire with a substantial amount of unused sick leave for which they would not otherwise receive any compensation or benefit, and for other purposes.
Introduced: March 10, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 13, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Mar 10, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Mar 10, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Entitles federal employees who satisfy age and service requirements for immediate or early retirement under the Federal Employees' Retirement System or the Foreign Service Pension System and who are separated from service or transferred to a position not subject to either of those retirement systems to a lump-sum payment for 15% of the amount of their accumulated sick leave exceeding 500 hours.
Prohibits such a payment from exceeding $10,000. Excludes hours of sick leave that are creditable in the computation of any other compensation or benefit.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Committees of jurisdiction
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