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A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide that cost-of-living increases in benefits under the civil service, military, and Postal Service…

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A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide that cost-of-living increases in benefits under the civil service, military, and Postal Service retirement and disability programs shall be exempt from reduction pursuant to sequestration orders thereunder.

Introduced: January 22, 1986 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 24, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Jan 22, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Jan 22, 1986
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt cost-of-living increases in civil service retirement and disability programs (including the Central Intelligence Agency retirement and disabilty system, the Comptroller General retirement system, the Foreign Service retirement and disability system, the judicial survivors' annuities system, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration retirement system, the Coast Guard retirement system, the Public Health Service commissioned officers retirement system, and the Tax Court judges survivors' retirement system), military retirement benefits, and certain railroad retirement benefits from reduction under the President's sequestration order.

What's happening now January 24, 1986

Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 23, 1986
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Apr 8, 1986
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 18, 1986
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jan 22, 1986
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4025: A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide that cost-of-living increases in benefits under the civil service, military, and Postal Service retirement and disability programs shall be exempt from reduction pursuant to sequestration orders thereunder.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4025/
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"H.R. 4025: A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide that cost-of-living increases in benefits under the civil service, military, and Postal Service retirement and disability programs shall be exempt from reduction pursuant to sequestration orders thereunder.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4025/.
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H.R. 4025, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4025/.
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[H.R. 4025: A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide that cost-of-living increases in benefits under the civil service, military, and Postal Service retirement and disability programs shall be exempt from reduction pursuant to sequestration orders thereunder.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4025/)
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