Number: RL30903
Title: MILITARY TECHNICIANS: PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE THEIR RETIREMENT OPTIONS
Authors: Lawrence Kapp, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: This report is divided into five parts. The first provides background information on the military technician program. This is followed by a description of the three retirement systems which military technicians are potentially eligible to participate in. The next section discusses the civil service retirement options currently available to military technicians and presents the arguments for and against modifying those options. The fourth section provides a comparison of the retirement benefits available to military technicians with those available to other federal employees. Finally, the last section analyzes several bills that have been introduced in the 106th and 107th Congresses to provide more generous civil service retirement options to military technicians.
Pages: 15
Date: Updated March 19, 2001