WASHINGTON REPORT
FMA URGES HOUSE COMMITTEE TO SPARE FEDS
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee met on April 26 to discuss the committee’s budget reconciliation legislation. Included in the legislation are increases to employee contributions for federal workers enrolled in both the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). CSRS and FERS employees will contribute five percent more to their retirement plans over five years, starting in 2013. FERS employees, who currently contribute 0.8 percent, and CSRS employees, who currently contribute seven percent, will see an increase of 1.5 percent in 2013, 0.5 percent in 2014, and one percent in 2015, 2016, and 2017. READ MORE __________________________________________________________________

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