Entitles certain employees of Indian tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service (IHS), or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to an annuity if separated from service after completing 25 years of service or after attaining 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service, if such employee is not an Indian entitled to an employment preference by law.
Sets forth formulae for calculating such employees' annuities. Provides for a reduction in such annuities under specified circumstances.
States that employees entitled to Indian preference and military preference shall be retained in preference to employees entitled to only military preference during reductions in force within the BIA or the IHS.
Declares that reassignments of individuals within the BIA or the IHS shall not be subject to the Indian preference laws when the Commissioner of Indian Affairs determines that the reassignment is necessary: (1) to assure the health or safety of an individual or his family; (2) in the course of a reduction in force; or (3) because the employee's working relationship with a tribe has so deteriorated that the employee cannot provide effective service.
Forbids the application of Indian preference laws to any personnel action respecting an individual if the tribal organization served by the unit in which the position exists grants a waiver of those laws.
Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and of Health, Education, and Welfare to report annually to Congress on their actions to recruit and train Indians for positions subject to Indian preference laws and to place non-Indian employees of the BIA and the IHS in other Federal positions.
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs discharged in House.
Reported to House from the Committee on Appropriations, H. Rept. 96-370 (Part II).
Reported to House from the Committee on Appropriations, H. Rept. 96-370 (Part II).
Measure called up by special rule in House.
Measure considered in House.
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, roll call #611 (175-120).
Roll Call #611 (House)Measure passed House, amended, roll call #611 (175-120).
Roll Call #611 (House)Placed on calendar in Senate.
Call of calendar in Senate.
Measure considered in Senate.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate.
Enacted as Public Law 96-135
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Measure enrolled in House.
Measure enrolled in Senate.
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Measure presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Public Law 96-135.
Public Law 96-135.