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Bill Would Equalize Pension Rights For Federal Officers

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 4/8/19

For decades tens of thousands of Federal law-enforcement officers, who work for the U.S. Postal Service and other agencies have gotten inferior pay and pension benefits compared to other Federal police officers doing the same work because of an outdated and obscure statute lawmakers and their union say.

Nearly 30,000 Federal law-enforcement officers are classified as “GS-0083 police officers” which do not receive enhanced retirement benefits. This cohort includes officers who work for Federal agencies including Department of Veterans Affairs, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Defense, U.S. Mint, and the National Institute of Health, and several other agencies. 

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