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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 5, 2001
Directs the Office of Personnel Management by regulation to provide the same treatment with respect to simultaneous entitlement for Federal civilian retirees who would be entitled to Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund benefits and veterans' disability compensation as is currently provided for military retirees who would be entitled to military retirement pay and veterans' disability compensation.Requires comparable regulations applicable to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, the Foreign Service Pension System, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System to be prescribed.
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Rep. Scarborough, Joe [R-FL-1] · R–FL
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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