Uniformed Services Nondisability Retired Pay Reform Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Uniformed Services Nondisability Retired Pay Reform Act - Title I: Computation of Retired Pay of Members of Uniformed Services - Revises the method of computing retirement pay for warrant officers, members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, and commissioned officers of the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Provides a procedure for reducing the retired pay of members of the Uniformed Services who are concurrently receiving earned income. Sets forth provisions for determining the retired grade of Navy and Marine Corps officers. Title II: Entitlement of Members of the Uniformed Services to Retired Pay - Makes members of the Uniformed Services eligible for retired pay after five years of creditable service, including enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Sets forth the procedure for effecting the amendments made by this title with respect to current members of the Services and newly enlisted members. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides a procedure for cost-of-living adjustments for: (1) retired or retainer pay of members of the Uniformed Services (presently adjusted with respect to the Consumer Price Index); and (2) retirement annuities of Central Intelligence Agency personnel. Sets forth the limitations on crediting years of service for retirement benefits and including such years as credit toward any annuity, pension, or old-age benefits. Eliminates the entitlement of severance pay for warrant officers, personnel of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and commissioned officers of the Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on April 16, 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 April 16, 1980: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
- 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?
LES ASPIN (D-WI) introduced it on April 16, 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 April 16, 1980, 16948 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16948 days ago, on April 16, 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.
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Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers