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S. 644: Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act

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S. 644: Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-03-17 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-03-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act

Plain summary

Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act - Excludes as creditable service under the Federal Employees' Retirement System any service performed by an employee or Member of Congress (including military service) performed after December 31, 2012, if that individual did not perform any period of creditable service (including military service) before January 1, 2013. Prohibits an employing agency from making any deduction or withholding from the basic pay of any employee or Member for such excluded service.

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Official text

Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · 12 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ron Johnson (R-WI), John Cornyn (R-TX), John Thune (R-SD), Mike Lee (R-UT)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-s644 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112