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H.R. 1885 96th Congress House

A bill to amend Civil Service retirement provisions as they apply to certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and of the Indian Health Service who are not entitled to Indian employment…

Official title: A bill to amend Civil Service retirement provisions as they apply to certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and of the Indian Health Service who are… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend Civil Service retirement provisions as they apply to certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and of the Indian Health Service who are not entitled to Indian employment preference and to modify the application of the Indian employment preference laws as it applies to those agencies.

Introduced: February 5, 1979 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Civil Service pensionsCivil service compensationCivil service employmentCivil service retirement
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Department of Health, Education, and WelfareDepartment of the InteriorFederal employeesFederal employees and officialsFederal-Indian relationsHealthMinority employmentNative Americans
 Everywhere this bill has been 21 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 5, 1979
Public Law 96-135.
Dec 5, 1979
Signed by President.
Nov 27, 1979
Measure presented to President.
Nov 27, 1979
Measure enrolled in Senate.
Nov 27, 1979
Measure enrolled in House.
Nov 26, 1979
Measure passed Senate.
Nov 26, 1979
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate.
Nov 26, 1979
Measure considered in Senate.
Nov 26, 1979
Call of calendar in Senate.
Oct 29, 1979
Placed on calendar in Senate.
Oct 26, 1979
Measure passed House, amended, roll call #611 (175-120).
Oct 26, 1979
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, roll call #611 (175-120).
Oct 26, 1979
Measure considered in House.
Oct 26, 1979
Measure called up by special rule in House.
Sep 11, 1979
Reported to House from the Committee on Appropriations, H. Rept. 96-370 (Part II).
Jul 20, 1979
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs discharged in House.
Jul 20, 1979
Referred to House Committee on Appropriations with instruction.
Jul 20, 1979
Reported to House from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service with amendment, H. Rept. 96-370 (Part I).
Feb 5, 1979
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Feb 5, 1979
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Feb 5, 1979
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 5, 1979

Public Law 96-135.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #611 (175-120))

Entitles certain employees of Indian tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service (IHS), or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to an annuity if separated from service after completing 25 years of service or after attaining 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service, if such employee is not an Indian entitled to an employment preference by law.

Sets forth formulae for calculating such employees' annuities. Provides for a reduction in such annuities under specified circumstances.

States that employees entitled to Indian preference and military preference shall be retained in preference to employees entitled to only military preference during reductions in force within the BIA or the IHS.

Declares that reassignments of individuals within the BIA or the IHS shall not be subject to the Indian preference laws when the Commissioner of Indian Affairs determines that the reassignment is necessary: (1) to assure the health or safety of an individual or his family; (2) in the course of a reduction in force; or (3) because the employee's working relationship with a tribe has so deteriorated that the employee cannot provide effective service.

Forbids the application of Indian preference laws to any personnel action respecting an individual if the tribal organization served by the unit in which the position exists grants a waiver of those laws.

Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and of Health, Education, and Welfare to report annually to Congress on their actions to recruit and train Indians for positions subject to Indian preference laws and to place non-Indian employees of the BIA and the IHS in other Federal positions.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1885: A bill to amend Civil Service retirement provisions as they apply to certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and of the Indian Health Service who are not entitled to Indian employment preference and to modify the application of the Indian employment preference laws as it applies to those agencies.. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-1885/
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"H.R. 1885: A bill to amend Civil Service retirement provisions as they apply to certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and of the Indian Health Service who are not entitled to Indian employment preference and to modify the application of the Indian employment preference laws as it applies to those agencies.." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-1885/.
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H.R. 1885, 96th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-1885/.
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