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

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

Introduced Apr 16, 2026

Latest action (Apr 16, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Referred to
Foreign Affairs Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Foreign Policy

Summary
  • Raises the mandatory retirement age for Foreign Service officers from age 65 to age 67 or the applicable Social Security Full Retirement Age, whichever is greater
  • Aligns Foreign Service mandatory retirement age with Social Security Full Retirement Age policy

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Johnny Olszewski’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • CHESAPEAKE REALTY PARTNERS $13,200
  • VENABLE LLP $10,400
  • HIMMELRICH ASSOCIATES, INC. $9,900
  • MILEONE $9,900
  • TRADEPOINT ATLANTIC $9,300

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Johnny Olszewski → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 16, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
  2. Apr 16, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 4002 — Foreign Service Age Integration and Reform (FAIR) Act of 2026 · Introduced Mar 5, 2026 · Cong. 119 95%
  • HR 8642 — PATH to the Foreign Service Act · Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Cong. 119 66%
  • S 4466 — PATH to the Foreign Service Act · Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 5284 — Claiming Age Clarity Act · Passed Senate Sep 29, 2026 · Cong. 119 60%
  • S 4642 — Foreign Service Workforce Retention Act · Introduced May 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 59%
  • HR 8987 — Foreign Service Workforce Retention Act · Introduced May 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 58%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Apr 16, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 16, 2026

Mr. Olszewski (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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 and 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,”. <all>

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