Note: The material in this publication is based on the law in effect at the time it went to publication.
Under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public Law 105-33 for fiscal year 1998, employee retirement contributions will increase as follows. Deductions for the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System would be increased by 0.25% in January 1999, by an additional 0.15% in January 2000, and by 0.1% more in January 2001, for a total increase of 0.5%. These higher contribution rates would be in effect through 2002. |
Additional retirement information and all publications of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management listed in this handbook are available on the Internet.
OPM Web site for retirement publications - http://www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm
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