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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1080

  To amend chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that 
 employees who retire as registered nurses under the Federal Employees 
Retirement System shall have unused sick leave used in the computation 
                 of annuities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 2001

  Mr. Cleland introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that 
 employees who retire as registered nurses under the Federal Employees 
Retirement System shall have unused sick leave used in the computation 
                 of annuities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. UNUSED SICK LEAVE INCLUDED IN ANNUITY COMPUTATION OF 
              REGISTERED NURSES.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Registered 
Nurse Retirement Adjustment Act of 2001''.
    (b) Annuity Computation.--Section 8415 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) In computing an annuity under this subchapter, the total 
service of an employee who retires from the position of a registered 
nurse on an immediate annuity or dies while employed in that position 
leaving any survivor entitled to an annuity includes the days of unused 
sick leave to the credit of that employee under a formal leave system, 
except that such days shall not be counted in determining average pay 
or annuity eligibility under this subchapter.''.
    (c) Deposit Not Required.--Section 8422(d) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Under such regulations''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Deposit may not be required for days of unused sick leave 
credited under section 8415(i).''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act and apply to 
individuals who separate from service on or after that effective date.
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