,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bceg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ac1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,coble introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,house ,administration1 and in addition 
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code1 to provide that ,members 
must complete #ab years of creditable   
service in order to be vested in an     
annuity under the ,federal ,employees'  
,retirement ,system1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,amendment to ,,fers     
annuity for ,members of ,congress  7a7  
,in general ,section #hdaj of title #e1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking or ,member and inserting after 
#hdaa the following3 1 and a ,member    
must complete at least #ab years of such

 service creditable under such section14
  7b7 ,immediate retirement ,section    
#hdab of such title is amended--  7#a7  
in subsection 7c71 by striking or       
,member and by adding at the end the    
following3 ,a ,member who is separated  
from the service after becoming #fb     
years of age and completing #ab years of
 service is entitled to an annuity42 and
  7#b7 in subsection 7g71 by striking or
 ,member each place it appears4  7c7    
,deferred retirement ,section #hdac of  
such title is amended--  7#a7 in        
subsection 7a71 by striking or ,member  
each place it appears and by adding at  
the end the following3 ,a ,member who is
 separated from the service1 or         
transferred to a position in which the  
,member does not continue subject to    
this chapter1 after completing #ab years
 of service is entitled to an annuity   
beginning at the age of #fb years42 and 
7#b7 in subsection 7b71 by striking or  
,member each place it appears4  7d7     
,computation of annuity ,section #hdae  

of such title is amended--  7#a7 in     
subsection 7b71 by striking #e years and
 inserting #ab years2 and  7#b7 in      
subsection 7c71 by striking or ,member  
and inserting the following3 1 or #ab   
years of service as a ,member14  #b4    
,application and effective date  7a7 ,in
 general ,the amendments made by section
 #a shall take effect on the first day  
of the #aadth ,congress1 but shall not  
apply to an individual who served as a  
,member at any time before such first   
day4  7b7 ,definition ,for purposes of  
this section1 the term ,member has the  
meaning given such term in section      
#hdja7bj7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code4