CONTRACT Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 12/15/2022
Actions
- 2022-12-15Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 651.
- 2022-12-15Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-260.
- 2022-12-15Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-260.
- 2021-11-03Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 2021-02-24Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2021-02-24Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2022-12-15 (25)
Continuity for Operators with Necessary Training Required for ATC Contract Towers Act of 2021 or the CONTRACT Act of 2021
This bill exempts certain air traffic controllers from a required reduction in their retirement annuity payment on account of earnings from certain work performed while entitled to such annuity.
Under current law, retired Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers receive an annuity payment during the period between the mandatory retirement age of 56 and the Social Security minimum age of 62. Such annuity payment is required to be reduced by a certain percentage of any excess earnings during this period.
The bill exempts from such reduction in annuity payments an air traffic controller who participates in the Air Traffic Control Contract Program (a public-private partnership for air traffic control services) following mandatory retirement.
Cosponsors (20)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Subjects
- Aviation and airports
- Department of Transportation
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Transportation employees
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