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H.R. 1230 114th Congress House

Government Employee Pension Reform Act of 2015

Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to adjust the calculation of average pay for purposes of Federal civilian annuities.

Introduced: March 3, 2015 Introduced by: Bruce Westerman Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Government Employee Pension Reform Act of 2015

This bill revises the definition of "average pay" for purposes of federal employee pensions under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System to mean the largest annual rate resulting from averaging rates of base pay over any five (currently, three) consecutive years of creditable service. This change will take effect on January 1, 2017.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1230: Government Employee Pension Reform Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1230/
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"H.R. 1230: Government Employee Pension Reform Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1230/.
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H.R. 1230, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1230/.
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