Folks, unless you call, or write to your Senator or Representative and state you do NOT like these pieces of legislation... you are inviting them to screw you. Go to either "My Congress" or the "The Hill" and post your opposition to these Bills. FEDERAL PAY H.R. 270 would impose a mandatory two-week unpaid furlough for federal employees. This bill remains in the hands of a House subcommittee. H.R. 3835 would extend the pay freeze for another year. It passed the House on Feb. 1.?H.R. 3844 would prohibit step increases. The bill has been forwarded to several House committees with jurisdiction over various parts of the legislation. Action is pending. H.R. 235 proposes cuts to the federal workforce and a three-year pay freeze. Subcommittee action is pending on this measure. S. 2079 would extend the pay freeze for another year. It has been placed on the Senate calendar. S. 2065 would extend the freeze through June 30, 2014. A Senate committee has the measure. S. 1476 would extend the freeze through 2014. It has been referred to a Senate committee. S. 178 and H.R. 408 would extend the freeze through 2015. The Senate bill is under consideration by a committee; the House bill is in the hands of a subcommittee. S. 1936 would extend the pay freeze from its present two years to five years. A committee has the bill. PENSIONS S. 644 would eliminate the defined benefit portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) annuity. A House subcommittee has this measure. H.R. 3813 would sharply increase pension contributions, eliminate the FERS supplement and raise pension contributions for new hires. This bill has been cleared for action on the House floor. CUTTING THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE H.R. 2114 would cut the federal workforce by 10 percent by 2015, while providing a significant loophole for contracting out the work to the private sector. It has been referred to a House subcommittee. S. 2065 would reduce the size of government by 5 percent through attrition. This bill is in the hands of the Senate Budget Committee. H.R. 657 calls for cuts in the federal workforce. All agencies, other than Defense, Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security—which account for 60 percent of the workforce—would be able to hire only one employee for every two who leave federal service. Subcommittee action is pending. H.R. 3029, H.R. 3487 and S. 1476 would reduce the size of the federal government through attrition by permitting the hiring of only one employee for every three who left government service. H.R. 3029 has been placed on the House calendar; a House subcommittee has H.R. 3487 and the Senate bill remains in committee. H. R. 1779 would prohibit the head of any executive branch agency from hiring in any year in which OMB projects a federal budget deficit. It remains in the hands of a House subcommittee. S. 1611 would allow the replacement of three employees who leave federal service by one new employee. It is in committee. H.R. 3494 would reduce the size of the federal workforce to no more than that of Oct. 7, 2007. The bill is in a House subcommittee. H.R. 3662 would allow the hiring of one employee for every three who leave federal service. It is in the hands of several House committees with jurisdiction over various parts of it. S. 178 would, among many other actions, limit the size of the federal workforce and extend the pay freeze through 2015. OTHER ISSUES S. 261 would cut workers’ compensation payments for older federal employees. Senate committee hearings on this bill have been conducted. Further action is pending. H.R. 87 and S. 712 would repeal the financial regulatory reform bill strongly supported by NTEU. Both bills are pending either in committee or subcommittee. © 2013 FedSmith Inc. All rights reserved. This copyrighted article may not be reproduced without express written consent of FedSmith Inc.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:55:32 +0000
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