Foreign Service Age Integration and Reform (FAIR) Act of 2026

#4002 | S Congress #119

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Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (3/5/2026)

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 4002 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4002

 To raise the Foreign Service mandatory retirement age by aligning it 
 with the Social Security Full Retirement Age, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2026

     Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. 
  McCormick) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To raise the Foreign Service mandatory retirement age by aligning it 
 with the Social Security Full Retirement Age, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Service Age Integration and 
Reform (FAIR) Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE.

    Section 812(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4052(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``age 65'' and inserting ``age 67 or 
the applicable retirement age (as defined in section 216(l) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416(l))), whichever is greater,''.
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