In yet another budget-related document, covering OPM’s spending, the administration highlighted a long-running initiative to allow individuals to work on a part-time basis before retirement without having their CSRS annuity reduced; a quirk in the CSRS law has the effect of discouraging employees from phasing into retirement by switching to part-time work. Similarly, OPM said that “there also is a need for agencies to be able to retain recently retired federal employees to assist with short-term projects, such as employee training, or fill, on a part-time basis, critical skill gaps so agencies can meet their mission goals. By enacting a reemployed annuitant provision that would allow retirees to receive a salary plus their annuity, agencies would be able to meet their staffing needs.” It further said that creating a short-term disability insurance program would “close the gap for employees who may have short-term disability needs, such as maternity leave, but are unable to do more than patch together various forms of annual, sick, advance, or donated leave to fulfill those needs.” All of the proposals would require congressional approval.