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Foreign Service Age 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 Mar 5, 2026

Latest action (Mar 5, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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

Summary

This bill raises the mandatory retirement age for Foreign Service personnel from 65 to either age 67 or the Social Security Full Retirement Age, whichever is greater. This change aligns the Foreign Service mandatory retirement age with the current Social Security Full Retirement Age, which varies based on birth year. The bill allows Foreign Service officers to continue working beyond the current age 65 requirement.

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)
3 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 5, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · senate
  2. Mar 5, 2026 Introduced in Senate

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.

  • HR 8346 — Foreign Service Age and Integration and Reform (FAIR) Act of 2026 · Introduced Apr 16, 2026 · Cong. 119 95%
  • HR 8642 — PATH to the Foreign Service Act · Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Cong. 119 68%
  • S 4466 — PATH to the Foreign Service Act · Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • S 4642 — Foreign Service Workforce Retention Act · Introduced May 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 8987 — Foreign Service Workforce Retention Act · Introduced May 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 62%
  • HR 9730 — Foreign Service Test-Free Reentry Act of 2026 · Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Cong. 119 61%

Full text

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

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,”. <all>

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