To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Federal employees who are voluntarily or involuntarily separated from service as a result of the closure or realignment of a military installation under title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act shall be eligible for early retirement.

Provides that Federal employees who are voluntarily or involuntarily separated from service as a result of the closure or realignment of a military installation under provisions of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act shall be eligible for early retirement under the Civil Service and Federal Employees Retirement Systems unless such employees decline a reasonable offer of another position in their employing agency.

 
HR 3597 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
 H. R. 3597
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Federal employees
who are voluntarily or involuntarily separated from service as a result of
the closure or realignment of a military installation under title II of the
Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act shall
be eligible for early retirement.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 7, 1989
Mr. HOPKINS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Federal employees
who are voluntarily or involuntarily separated from service as a result of
the closure or realignment of a military installation under title II of the
Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act shall
be eligible for early retirement.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
  (a) GENERALLY- Section 8336 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
  (1) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (n); and
  (2) by inserting after subsection (l) the following:
  `(m)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an employee who is separated
  from the service after completing 25 years of service, after becoming
  55 years of age and completing 15 years of service, or after becoming 57
  years of age and completing 5 years of service, is entitled to an annuity
  if the employee's separation results from the closure or realignment of a
  military installation under title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments
  and Base Closure and Realignment Act, as determined by the Office.
  `(2) An employee is not entitled to an annuity under this subsection if
  the employee has declined a reasonable offer of another position in the
  employee's agency for which the employee is qualified, which is not lower
  than 2 grades (or pay levels) below the employee's grade (or pay level),
  and which is within the employee's commuting area.'
  (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT- The first sentence of section 8339(h) of title 5,
  United States Code, is amended by striking `or (j)' and inserting `(j),
  or (m)'.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
  (a) GENERALLY- Section 8414 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
  adding at the end the following:
  `(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an employee who is separated
  from the service after completing 25 years of service, after becoming
  55 years of age and completing 15 years of service, or after becoming 57
  years of age and completing 5 years of service, is entitled to an annuity
  if the employee's separation results from the closure or realignment of a
  military installation under title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments
  and Base Closure and Realignment Act, as determined by the Office.
  `(2) An employee is not entitled to an annuity under this subsection if
  the employee has declined a reasonable offer of another position in the
  employee's agency for which the employee is qualified, which is not lower
  than 2 grades (or pay levels) below the employee's grade (or pay level),
  and which is within the employee's commuting area.'
  (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS-
  (1) ANNUITY SUPPLEMENT- Section 8421(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
  is amended by striking `(a) or (b)' and inserting `(a), (b), or (d)'.
  (2) ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE- Section 8464(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United
  States Code, is amended by striking `(b)(1)(A) or (c)' and inserting
  `(b)(1)(A), (c), or (d)'.