Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.3813 Securing Annuities for Federal Employees Act of 2012

Pending Legislative Proposals Targeting Pay and Benefits

2012-02-29T21:35:43Z

A House subcommittee has this measure. H.R. 3813 would sharply increase pension contributions, eliminate the FERS supplement and raise pension contributions for new hires. This bill has been cleared for action on the House floor. CUTTING THE FEDERAL ...

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Feds have become 'easy pickings' for Congress, FMA says

2012-02-29T18:51:05Z

A bill in the House — H.R. 3813 — could eliminate the FERS minimum supplement, which is paid to qualifying employees who retire prior to age 62 and therefore before they are eligible to receive social security. Klement said the elimination of this ...

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Pending Legislative Proposals Targeting Pay and Benefits

2012-02-29T15:37:48Z

Feds have become 'easy pickings' for Congress, FMA says

2012-02-29T12:24:32Z

Feds have become 'easy pickings' for Congress, FMA says

2012-02-29T12:10:13Z

NTEU Keeping Count of 'Harmful' Legislation

2012-02-29T11:05:47Z

House considers downsized bill that raises feds' retirement contributioins

2012-02-24T07:58:27Z

The Highway Bill includes a resolution (H.R. 3813) that would increase contributions by 1.5 percent for federal employees make to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement Systems (FERS) for 2013, 2014 and 2015.

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House considers downsized bill that raises feds' retirement contributions

2012-02-24T07:58:27Z

A Tale of Two Compensation Proposals

2012-02-22T16:29:03Z

H.R. 3813, sponsored by Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., would eliminate the Federal Employees Retirement System annuity supplement and change the annuity calculation for new federal hires from using the average of their three highest salaries to a high-five ...

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Letter: Lawmakers hope to reduce deficit on backs of federal employees

2012-02-22T05:51:58Z

Check these recent bills: -- HR3630: Pay freeze, adverse annuity calculation, increased annuity contribution and eliminate FERS supplement, -- HR3813: Higher annuity contribution, adverse annuity calculation, and eliminate FERS supplement ...

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Keystone Pipeline Bill Passes House, Lacks Match in U.S. Senate

2012-02-22T05:23:20Z

The bill is H.R. 3408. The other measures are H.R. 3813 and H.R. 7. --Editors: Steve Geimann, Timothy Franklin To contact the reporter on this story: Katarzyna Klimasinska in Washington at kklimasinska@bloomberg.net To contact the editor ...

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New feds' pension contributions increase under payroll tax cut deal

2012-02-17T13:50:21Z

Other federal-retirement bills wait in wings Although what's emerging from the payroll tax cut deal does not affect current feds' pensions, another bill in consideration in the House, H.R.3813, would target their benefits. The bill, introduced by Rep.

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H.R.3813 Securing Annuities for Federal Employees Act of 2012

2012-02-17T01:00:00Z

...Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web. H.R. 3813 was pushed through the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee by a pair of politicians who are well-known opponent

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Keystone Pipeline Advances as House Passes Oil-Drilling Bill

2012-02-16T19:27:58Z

The other measures are H.R. 3813 and H.R. 7. To contact the reporter on this story: Katarzyna Klimasinska in Washington at kklimasinska@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jon Morgan at jmorgan97@bloomberg.net

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New feds' pension contributions increase under payroll tax cut deal

2012-02-16T12:18:28Z

Although what's emerging from the payroll tax cut deal does not affect current feds' pension, another bill in consideration in the House, H.R.3813, would target their benefits. The bill would increase contributions by 1.5 percent, phased in over three year

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Lawmakers urge governor to speak out on transportation funds

2012-02-16T07:17:50Z

The transportation bill, which includes House Resolution 3408, H.R. 3813 and H.R. 7, is scheduled to come before the House of Representatives this week. The Virginia Railway Express, Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission ...

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Current feds are still at risk despite payroll deal, unions warn

2012-02-15T18:53:22Z

It’s unclear what will become of H.R. 3813 if federal pension-related provisions are included in the payroll tax cut deal. Rep. Ross, who introduced H.R. 3813 as way to bring the federal pension system more in line with private sector plans and to reduce

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House to vote on federal pension changes separate from highway bill

2012-02-15T15:11:28Z

Last month, H.R.3813 was inserted into a massive highway bill, H.R.7, or the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act. The House now is breaking up H.R.7 into three components, one of which is H.R.3813. A House Rules Committee spokesperson said H.R.3813

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Today in Congress: House transportation bill stuck in a jam

2012-02-15T08:59:14Z

But the offsetting bills are unpopular and/or not all they're cracked up to be. First, there's H.R. 3813, the "Securing Annuities for Federal Employees Act." Students of Republican Orwellianism will instantly sniff this one out as a cut to ...

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Bill to cut federal retirement benefits saves $44B, CBO says

2012-02-13T08:25:49Z

The House bill — H.R.3813 — would require federal workers to contribute 1.5 percent more of their salaries toward retirement over three years and end a supplemental payment for early retirees under the Federal Employee Retirement System. New hires ...

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Pension changes could be part of payroll deal

2012-02-12T18:56:55Z

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last week approved a bill (H.R. 3813) that would modify the federal pension system. That bill, introduced by Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., would require federal workers and members of Congress to contribute a

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CBO: Pension bill would save government billions

2012-02-09T18:53:19Z

CBO reported that the bill -- H.R. 3813 -- also would increase revenues by $42 billion over the next decade because the amount federal employees could contribute to their pensions would increase while agency contributions would not.

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D.C. area Dems blast GOP pension-cut plan

2012-02-07T18:55:42Z

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved a bill (H.R. 3813) on Tuesday that would save $44.6 billion through increased employee contributions and other changes. The current federal pension liability is in excess of $680 billion.

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House panel votes to increase amount feds contribute to pensions

2012-02-06T18:56:53Z

Those in the Civil Service Retirement System, which FERS replaced in the 1980s, would see their individual contribution rates per paycheck rise from 7 percent to 8.5 percent over the same time frame under H.R. 3813. The bill also eliminates a ...

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Congress targets its retirement benefits--or maybe not

2012-01-27T16:45:34Z

The Securing Annuities for Federal Employees (SAFE) Act (H.R.3813), introduced Jan. 24 by Rep. Dennis Ross (R-Fla.), is one of those bills. Luckily, feds can take comfort in the fact that most bills that are introduced in Congress never make it ...

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Congress targets its retirement benefits--or maybe not

2012-01-27T16:38:25Z