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- Military Benefits for Former Spouses: Legislation and Policy Issues
- This report discusses the Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act (USFSPA), which treats military personnel former spouses eligibility to receive certain military benefits or privileges.
- The Military Survivor Benefit Plan: A Description of Its Provisions
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- The Effect of the Social Security Increase on Veterans' Pensions
- This report discusses the veterans' pensions and how social security increases effect them. Related recent and pending legislation are also discussed.
- Salaries, Allowances, and Retirement Benefits for the President, Vice President, Senators, Representatives, Justices of the Supreme Court, and Other Federal Officers
- This report provides historical data on the salaries and retirement benefits of the President, Members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, and other high level federal officials.
- Retirement Saving Plans: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
- This report provides answers to 10 of the most frequently-asked questions related to rules and provisions that govern savings in individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
- Former Presidents: Pensions, Office Allowances, and Other Federal Benefits
- This report provides a legislative and cultural history of the Former Presidents Act. It details the pension and benefits provided to former U.S. presidents and their costs; Congress has the authority to reduce, increase, or maintain these benefits.
- Military Retirement: Major Legislative Issues
- The military retirement system includes benefits for retirement after an active or reserve military career, disability retirement, and survivor benefits for eligible survivors of deceased retirees.
- Social Security: The Government Pension Offset
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- Employee Stock Ownership Plans: Current Status and Proposed Legislation
- This report is about employee stock ownership plans and their current status and proposed legislation.
- Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress
- This report discusses the Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920 (P.L. 66-215) that established a pension system for federal employees in the executive branch of government.
- Credit for Military Service Under Civilian Federal Employee Retirement Systems
- This report discusses the earned pension benefits under one of two retirement plans for the federal employees with permanent appointments.
- Federal Employees: Pay and Pension Increases Since 1969
- Pay increases for current federal employees and cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for retired federal employees often differ because they are based on changes in different economic variables. Increases in pay for civilian federal workers are indexed to wage and salary increases in the private-sector, as measured by the Employment Cost Index (ECI), while federal retirement and disability benefits are indexed to price increases as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This report discusses the procedures for determining such increases.
- Cash Balance Pension Plans and Claims of Age Discrimination
- This report describes cash balance plans, discusses the claims that cash balance plans do and do not violate the pre-Act age discrimination provisions, and provides an overview of the pension protection act, as it applies to this issue.
- Veterans' Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs
- This report discusses selected veteran pension programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This report also discusses the eligibility criteria and current benefit levels of these programs and provides data on the number of pension beneficiaries and average annual benefit amounts for FY1999 through FY2013.
- Delphi Corporation: Pension Plans and Bankruptcy
- This report provides background on Delphi corporation, relevant pension law, the role of the PGBC, a description of major events at Delphi since 1999