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B-118956 1 (1979-06-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjoa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C , COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-118956 FPC-96-1-11 o The Honorable Abraham Ribicoff Chairman, Committee on Governmental JUN 29 1979 Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of March 7, 1979, requested ourfcomments on S.256, -a__i-1----To amend title 5 of the United States Code~to allow congressional employees with long periods of service with the same Member of Congress to receive civil service retirement credit for employment by the Member during a break in service of the Member. We do not recommend enactment o S.256. Congressional employees were not covered by the civil service retirement system when it was established in 1920. The legislative history indicates that, because congressional employees had no permanent employment status as did other Federal employees, they could not be assured of an opportunity to build an adequate service base. Elective coverage under the system was extended to con- gressional employees in 1937 with the same benefit provisions other employees received. However, in 1954, separate pro- visions were enacted whereby retiring congressional employees, with at least 5 years of such service, could elect to have their annuities computed by a special, more generous formula. The special formula provided an annuity equal to (a) 2.5 percent of high-5 year average salary for each year of service (not exceeding 15) as a legislative employee, including allow- able military service, plus (b) 1.5 percent of such average salary multiplied by all other years of allowable service. At the time, the annuities of other employees were computed by multiplying all years of service by 1.5 percent of high-5 average salary. The stated putpose of the 1954 provision was to recog- nize the uncertain tenure of congressional employees and their limited opportunity to establish an adequate retire- ment annuity based on years of service. The legislative history stated that, while special legislation had been

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