Nellie Pou (D-NJ)
LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2025
A Democratic bill with 5 Republican cosponsors · See all 10 cosponsors
Last activity — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2025 aims to amend title 5 of the United States Code regarding retirement for federal law enforcement officers. Currently, many officers work significant overtime that they are never compensated for due to pay caps. This bill would allow these officers to include that uncompensated premium pay in their retirement annuity calculations. To do this, officers must make a lump-sum payment to the Office of Personnel Management. The bill also extends availability pay eligibility to several specific roles, such as Postal Inspectors and Federal air marshals.
Yes
- Scored +7
Would retired people be better off under this?
It allows federal law enforcement officers to increase their retirement annuity by including uncompensated premium pay.
- Scored +6
Would people over 65 be better off under this?
The bill increases retirement annuity amounts for many federal law enforcement officers.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased Retirement Annuities: Federal law enforcement officers can include premium pay that was previously uncompensated in their annuity computations, allowing them to reclaim full credit in retirement (Section 2).
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Recruitment and Retention: By allowing officers to reclaim credit for overtime hours worked but never paid, the government can better ensure it can recruit and retain high-s_caliber personnel (Section 1(b)(5)).
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Expanded Pay Eligibility: Certain employees, including Postal Inspectors, Federal air marshals, and criminal investigators, will now be eligible for availability pay (Section 3(a)).
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Tax Relief for Payments: Individuals who make the required lump-sum payments to adjust their retirement annuity are allowed a tax credit against the tax imposed by chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Section 4(a)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Required Lump-Sum Payments: To receive the increased retirement annuity, an officer is required to make a lump-sum payment to the Office, which could be made from their Thrift Savings Fund account (Section 2(a)(1), Section 2(d)(2)).
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Irrevocable Decisions: Once an officer elects to make the lump-sum payment, that election is considered irrevocable (Section 2(a)(1)(B)(ii)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would retired people be better off under this? — It allows federal law enforcement officers to increase their retirement annuity by including uncompensated premium pay. Would people over 65 be better off under this? — The bill increases retirement annuity amounts for many federal law enforcement officers.
- 8/31/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/20/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 1/14/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 11/10/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 9/16/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 7/16/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 6/27/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/8/2025
- Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 3 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska
Gerald ConnollyDemocrat · Virginia
Juan CiscomaniRepublican · Arizona
Brian FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania
Lance GoodenRepublican · Texas
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York
Kristen McDonald RivetDemocrat · Michigan
Joe NeguseDemocrat · Colorado
Terri SewellDemocrat · Alabama
Shri ThanedarDemocrat · Michigan