Following is a summary from the Biden administration of changes in law it will ask Congress to approve this year in federal employee benefits programs.
CSRS Disabled Child Benefit Equalization
This proposal would add paragraph (5) to subsection (e) of section 8341 of title 5, United States Code, providing that a disabled child’s benefit paid under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) that was terminated because the child regained the ability for self-support, may be restored if the child again becomes incapable of self-support because of a disability that began before the child reached age 18. This authority already exists under the Federal Employees’ Retirement System at 5 U.S.C. 8443(b) and will correct an inequity relating to annuities for disabled dependents.
Student Loan Repayment
This proposal provides an increase to the allowable amounts an agency may provide and amends the required service agreement period an employee must enter into to receive a student loan repayment. The proposal also clarifies that the maximum allowable total amount of $100,000 applies to the employee over the lifetime of the employee’s Federal civilian service. This means that if the employee received a student loan repayment, left Federal civilian service, and subsequently returned to Federal civilian service, the amount of any new student loan repayment benefits would be added to the amount of the past student loan repayment benefits in applying the $100,000 lifetime limit.
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