First Responder Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act of 2021 or the First Responder Fair RETIRE Act This bill allows disabled federal first responders (e.g., law enforcement officers, customs and border protection officers, and firefighters) to continue receiving federal retirement benefits in the same manner as though they had not been disabled. Under current law, federal first responders are subject to a mandatory retirement age of 57. To facilitate this earlier ret…
VOTE BREAKDOWN
Final passage · 293 politicians tracked
289
YEA
0
NAY
0
PRESENT
4
NOT VOTING
BY PARTY
MONEY ON THIS BILL
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TRAIL AI
The First Responder Fair RETIRE Act (HR 521) addresses retirement benefits and related provisions for first responders. The bill passed with unanimous support, receiving 289 votes in favor and zero votes against, with equal backing from both Democrats (144 votes) and Republicans (145 votes), and was subsequently signed into law during the 117th Congress.
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DATA SOURCES
Bill data: Congress.gov · 117th–119th Congress (2021–present)
Vote records: House Clerk / Senate · 2021–present
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