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H.R. 2852 96th Congress House

Mobile Teachers Retirement Assistance Act

Official title: A bill to permit teachers to change employment across State lines without substantial loss of retirement benefits.

Introduced: March 13, 1979 See on congress.gov
Education Employee benefit plansFederal aid to educationFederal-state relationsLabor and Employment
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Labor mobilityRetirement incomeStatesTeachers
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This bill died when the 96th Congress ended
It never became law before the 96th Congress (1979–1980) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 13, 1979
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 13, 1979
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 Latest action March 13, 1979

Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Establishes a Federal-State program to permit teachers to perform out-of-State educational service without loss of retirement benefits for such service.

Entitles a qualified State retirement system which credits a teacher for out-of-State service, to Federal aid of 50 percent of the total cost to the system of such out-of-State credit. Specifies the requirements which a State retirement system must meet in order to qualify for Federal aid under this program.

Limits the amount of the Federal aid to a State retirement system to provide not more than ten years of out-of-State service credit.

Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a grant to each qualified State retirement system of an amount equal to two percent of such system's Federal aid received under this Act for the costs of administration.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2852: Mobile Teachers Retirement Assistance Act. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-2852/
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