Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2008

A bill to provide for retirement equity for Federal employees in nonforeign areas outside the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

10/1/2008--Passed Senate amended. Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2008 or the Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2008 - Revises federal employee locality-based comparability payments provisions to include U.S. territories and possessions, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, within a pay locality. Sets forth maximum rates of pay for Senior Executive Service (SES) personnel in such areas.
Revises the calculation of allowances based on living costs and conditions of environment for pay of employees stationed outside the continental United States or in Alaska to apply it only to areas designated as of December 31, 2008. Provides a formula for adjustment of such rate using a transition schedule for calendar years 2009-2011.
Requires adjustment of special rates of pay in such areas in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) or by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for VA personnel. Allows a temporarily raised limitation on the amount of special rates during the transition period.
Expresses the sense of Congress that application of this Act to an employee should not result in a decrease in take home pay.
Expresses the sense of Congress that:
(1) the Bureau of Labor Statistics will conduct separate surveys pursuant to the establishment by the President's Pay Agent of one new locality area for each of the entire state of Hawaii and the entire state of Alaska; and
(2) upon the completion of the phase-in period no employee shall receive less than the rest of the U.S. locality pay rate.
Describes application of this Act to postal employees.
Defines as covered employees for purposes of this Act those who are or will be eligible for a cost-of-living allowance (COLA).
Allows an employee subject to this Act's transition schedule and who retires from service during the period from January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2011, to elect to have the COLA paid during that period considered as basic pay for purposes of annuity computation.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
• and 3 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]
  • Ted Stevens
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Committees

• House Veterans' Affairs
• 3 more
  • Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
  • Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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Amendments

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Amendments to S.3013

Number	Status	Purpose
S.Amdt.5689	Pass	To strike the provision relating to election of coverage by employees, and for other purposes.

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 13, 2008		October 01, 2008

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• Oct 02, 2008: Received in the House.
• Oct 02, 2008: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Oct 02, 2008: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
• Oct 02, 2008: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
• Oct 02, 2008: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• Oct 01, 2008: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
• Oct 01, 2008: The committee amendments were agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
• Passed by Unanimous Consent in the Senate on Oct 01, 2008. Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
• Added to calendar on Sep 11, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 954..
• Sep 11, 2008: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with amendments. With written report No. 110-456.
• Jun 25, 2008: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
• Added to calendar on Jun 25, 2008: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably..
• Jun 19, 2008: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
• May 13, 2008: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4109)
• Introduced on May 13, 2008.
• May 13, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.6516

Related Issue Areas:

• Government employees
• Administrative procedure
• Annuities
• Budgets
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• Civil service retirement
• Cost of living adjustments
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Executive departments
• Federal employees
• Government trust funds
• Law
• Medical personnel
• Medicine
• Office of Personnel Management
• Pensions
• Salaries
• Veterans
• Veterans' medical care
• Alaska
• Federal officials
• Hawaii
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Puerto Rico
• Territories (U.S.)

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November 21, 2008 S. 3013

S. 3013. Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2008. As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. and Governmental Affairs on. June 25, 2008. SUMMARY. S. 3013 would phase in the use of locality-based comparability payments ...

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November 19, 2008 Das Bundesverfassungsgericht

Dezember 2003 (BGBl I S. 3013) ist § 59 Abs. 1 Satz 1 SGB XI mit Wirkung zum 1. April 2004 geändert worden. Nunmehr sind die Beiträge aus der Rente der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung von dem Mitglied allein zu tragen. ...

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October 23, 2008 DownsizeDC.org

Non-Foreign AREA Act: Senate passed S. 3013, to provide for retirement equity for Federal employees in nonforeign areas outside the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia, after agreeing to the committee amendments, ...

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