{"id":24820,"date":"2022-11-18T17:12:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T17:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/18\/injured-first-responders-get-benefit-pay-surety-in-bill-sent-to-biden\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:57:02","slug":"injured-first-responders-get-benefit-pay-surety-in-bill-sent-to-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/hr\/2022\/11\/18\/injured-first-responders-get-benefit-pay-surety-in-bill-sent-to-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured first responders get benefit, pay surety in bill sent to Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly attributed the letter from the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. It was signed by National President Ken Thomas. <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/521\/text\" target=\"_blank\">unanimously passed<\/a> a bipartisan bill that would entitle disabled law enforcement officers and other federal public safety employees to the same retirement benefits as if they had not been injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill\u2019s next destination would be President Joe Biden\u2019s desk for his signature to become law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress said it has a national security interest in retaining employees who were wounded while serving as a federal police officer, firefighter, air traffic controller or nuclear materials courier, among others designated as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afge.org\/leaders-activists\/steering-committees\/law-enforcement-committee\/6c-and-law-enforcement-officers-retirement-benefits-for-cbp-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\">6c employees.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal agencies, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/AG\/AG15\/20210929\/114078\/HHRG-117-AG15-Wstate-MooreR-20210929.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Forestry Servic<\/a>e and <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/napa-2021\/USSS-Final-Report-9.17.20211.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Secret Service, <\/a>have testified that they\u2019ve struggled to hire and keep their public safety officers. Federal law enforcement bodies often have high turnover, low pay, irregular schedules and higher risk of being hurt or killed in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs the title of this bill implies, the Fair RETIRE Act brings fairness to the retirement benefits afforded to the brave men and women in federal law enforcement who are disabled in the line of duty,\u201d said Larry Cosme, national president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under current law, federal first responders are subject to a mandatory retirement age of 57, earlier than many other civilian employees. To do that, covered public safety employees are required to pay a greater percentage of their salary towards retirement. 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