Other Retiree Bills Reintroduced

Meanwhile, separately proposed legislation (HR-1203 and S-491) would make federal retirees eligible for premium conversion. Also, a Senate version (S-484) has been introduced on an even longer-running proposal to repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions of Social Security law that primarily affect those retired under CSRS and who are eligible for Social Security as a spouse or survivor or on their own accord. The counterpart House bill introduced earlier is HR-235. In addition, separate bills (HR-1198 and S-469) have been reintroduced on the CSRS part-time work issue. Also being reintroduced starting in the Senate is a bill to allow the government to rehire federal retirees part-time within certain limits without an offset between salary and annuity, as is generally required under current law.