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To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the amount of additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and requires the services of an attendant, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

April 19, 2007

Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. COHEN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and LaborCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the amount of additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and requires the services of an attendant, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Joseph E. Keane Federal Employees Freedom Act'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT.

Section 8111(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by striking `$1,500' and inserting `$4,000'; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by adding at the end the following: `The additional sum allowable under this subsection shall be increased, beginning October 1, 2009, and biennially thereafter, by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (United States city average) during the 2-year period ending 2 months before the date of the increase.'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink