Work to protect pension payments for retired NOAA Corps and U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps members during government shutdowns.

Don Bacon · Nebraska · Republican

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Bacon, Raskin and Dexter Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Pension Payments for NOAA Corps, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

The page highlights a bipartisan bill Bacon introduced to protect pension payments for retired NOAA Corps and U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps members.

U.S. Congressman Don Bacon
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Evidence

Washington, May 12, 2026 ... Representative Don Bacon (NE-02), alongside his colleagues Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Maxine Dexter (OR-03), introduced bipartisan legislation that safeguards the pensions of an estimated 8,000 retired uniformed servicemembers. The Pensions for Retired Uniformed Servicemembers Act would secure parity between retired members of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and all other federal retirees, ensuring they continue receiving pension payments during a government shutdown.

Bacon took concrete legislative action to protect NOAA Corps and USPHS retirees’ pension payments during shutdowns by co-introducing the Pensions for Retired Uniformed Servicemembers Act.

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Bacon, Raskin and Dexter Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Pension Payments for NOAA Corps, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps | U.S. Representative Don Bacon
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Today, Representative Jamie Raskin, alongside his colleagues Representatives Don Bacon and Maxine Dexter, introduced bipartisan legislation that safeguards the pensions of an estimated 8,000 retired uniformed servicemembers. The Pensions for Retired Uniformed Servicemembers Act would secure parity between NOAA Corps and USPHS Commissioned Corps retirees and other federal retirees, ensuring they continue receiving pension payments during a government shutdown.

Independent official corroboration that Bacon co-led introduction of the bill specifically aimed at protecting shutdown-era pension payments.

partial same_term A for effort

Raskin, Bacon and Dexter Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Pension Payments for NOAA Corps, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps | Congressman Jamie Raskin
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

The promise was to work to protect shutdown-era pension payments for retired NOAA Corps and U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps members. Evidence shows Don Bacon co-introduced bipartisan legislation in May 2026 specifically aimed at achieving that protection. That is clear, concrete action directly aligned with the promise, so he did work on it. However, the evidence provided only shows bill introduction, not enactment or completed policy change. Because the promised outcome was pursued but not shown to be achieved, the best judgment is partial rather than delivered.

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