A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the consideration of military retirement benefits or veterans benefits in lieu thereof in determining minimum disability benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Post Office and civil serviceThe career federal workforce, hired by merit and protected from being fired for political reasons. About 2 million people, the vast majority of the executive branch.Read the full definition (opens a new tab).
Excludes from the creditable service of a Federal employee or a Member of Congress, for purposes of determining disability benefits under the civil service retirement system, any military service for which the individual receives military retirement benefits or veterans benefits, with specified exceptions. Requires the total retirement benefits provided to the individual to equal at least the smaller of: (1) 40 percent of the individual's average pay; or (2) the civil service retirement benefits the individual would receive if such military service were included as creditable service. Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to furnish the Director of the Office of Personnel Management with such information on military retirement benefits and veterans benefits as the Director may request in the administration of the civil service retirement system.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on March 5, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on March 5, 1980: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
GLADYS SPELLMAN (D-MD) introduced it on March 5, 1980. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on March 5, 1980, 16990 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16990 days ago, on March 5, 1980.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers