3.0.0 4657 2023-01-15T04:49:15Z 2023-01-15T04:49:15Z House H HR 2004-06-23 108 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Markup by 2004-07-21T14:52:58Z Referred to 2004-06-23T14:01:20Z 2004-12-23 Became Public Law No: 108-489. President E40000 2 House floor actions 2004-12-23 Became Public Law No: 108-489. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2004-12-23 Signed by President. President E30000 2 House floor actions 2004-12-23 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2004-12-16 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2004-12-16 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2004-12-09 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2004-12-08 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12027-12028) Floor 2004-12-08 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12027-12028) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2004-09-29 Senate Received in the Senate. IntroReferral 2004-09-28 20:02:40 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2004-09-28 20:02:30 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7705-7707) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2004-09-28 20:02:30 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7705-7707) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2004-09-28 19:54:18 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4657. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2004-09-28 19:54:16 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7705-7708) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2004-09-28 19:54:04 Mr. Davis, Tom moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2004-07-21 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Committee 2004-07-21 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2004-06-23 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2004-06-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000136 Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] THOMAS DAVIS R VA M. 11 N H000874 Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] STENY HOYER D MD H. 5 2004-06-23 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2004-07-19 False 2004-08-01T04:00:00Z H.R. 4657, District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/15931 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on July 12, 2004</p> 2004-08-01T04:00:00Z H.R. 4657, District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15931 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on July 12, 2004 2004-08-16T04:00:00Z H.R. 4657, District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/15922 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on July 21, 2004</p> 2004-08-16T04:00:00Z H.R. 4657, District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15922 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on July 21, 2004 Public Law 108-489 Government Operations and Politics Administrative remedies Annuities Auditing Chief financial officers Civil service retirement Crime and Law Enforcement Department of the Treasury District of Columbia Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Embezzlement Emergency Management Evidence (Law) Families Fire fighters Government paperwork Government trust funds Higher education Intergovernmental fiscal relations Investment of public funds Judicial compensation Labor and Employment Larceny Law Law enforcement officers Local employees Police Survivors' benefits Teachers Trusts and trustees Government Operations and Politics 00 2004-06-23 Introduced in House 2004-09-28T19:20:03Z District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to establish in the Treasury the District of Columbia Teachers, Police Officers, and Firefighters Federal Pension Fund (D.C. Federal Pension Fund) consisting of transfers of all: (1) District of Columbia Federal Pension Liability Trust Fund obligations to make Federal benefit payments; and (2) assets of such Trust Fund and the Federal Supplemental District of Columbia Pension Fund.

Specifies the use of the Pension Fund, including but not limited to: (1) making Federal benefit payments; and (2) financing Federal obligations for future benefits.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make annual Federal payments into the Pension Fund from the general fund of the Treasury.

Provides for the administration of the Pension Fund by a Pension Fund Trustee selected by the Secretary.

Applies the same specified Federal law to the Pension Fund that applied to the Trust Fund before October 1, 2004.

Terminates the Trust Fund and the Federal Supplemental Fund upon transfer of all their assets and obligations to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund.

Sets forth procedures for resolving denied benefit claims with respect to the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund. Treats misappropriation of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund as a Federal crime.

]]> 36 2004-09-28 Passed House amended 2004-12-13T20:21:14Z District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to establish in the Treasury the District of Columbia Teachers, Police Officers, and Firefighters Federal Pension Fund (D.C. Federal Pension Fund) consisting of transfers of all: (1) District of Columbia Federal Pension Liability Trust Fund obligations to make Federal benefit payments; and (2) assets of such Trust Fund and the Federal Supplemental District of Columbia Pension Fund.

Specifies the use of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund, including but not limited to: (1) making Federal benefit payments; and (2) financing Federal obligations for future benefits.

Transfers as of October 1, 2004: (1) all obligations to make Federal benefit payments from the Trust Fund to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund; and (2) all assets of the Trust Fund and all assets of the Federal Supplemental Fund to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make annual Federal payments into the D.C. Federal Pension Fund from the general fund of the Treasury.

Provides for the administration of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund by a Pension Fund Trustee selected by the Secretary.

Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Pension Fund Trustree to provide for the auditing of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund's assets, the making of such Federal benefit payments, and such other matters as the Secretary deems appropriate.

Authorizes the Pension Fund Trustee, with the Secretary's approval, to enter into one or more subcontracts with the District government or any person to provide services to the Pension Fund Trustee in connection with its performance of the contract.

Permits the Secretary to determine, in the interest of economy and efficiency, with respect to any function otherwise to be performed by the Pension Fund Trustee, that such function shall be performed by the Secretary.

Applies the same specified Federal law to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund that applied to the Trust Fund before October 1, 2004.

Terminates the Trust Fund and the Federal Supplemental Fund upon transfer of all their assets and obligations to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund.

(Sec. 3) Sets forth procedures for resolving denied benefit claims with respect to the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund.

Treats misappropriation of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund as a Federal crime.

(Sec. 4) Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide that the Chief Financial Officer shall not administer the retirement system for police officers, fire fighters, and teachers.

]]> 82 2004-12-08 Passed Senate without amendment 2004-12-13T20:21:26Z (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 28, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to establish in the Treasury the District of Columbia Teachers, Police Officers, and Firefighters Federal Pension Fund (D.C. Federal Pension Fund) consisting of transfers of all: (1) District of Columbia Federal Pension Liability Trust Fund obligations to make Federal benefit payments; and (2) assets of such Trust Fund and the Federal Supplemental District of Columbia Pension Fund.

Specifies the use of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund, including but not limited to: (1) making Federal benefit payments; and (2) financing Federal obligations for future benefits.

Transfers as of October 1, 2004: (1) all obligations to make Federal benefit payments from the Trust Fund to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund; and (2) all assets of the Trust Fund and all assets of the Federal Supplemental Fund to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make annual Federal payments into the D.C. Federal Pension Fund from the general fund of the Treasury.

Provides for the administration of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund by a Pension Fund Trustee selected by the Secretary.

Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Pension Fund Trustree to provide for the auditing of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund's assets, the making of such Federal benefit payments, and such other matters as the Secretary deems appropriate.

Authorizes the Pension Fund Trustee, with the Secretary's approval, to enter into one or more subcontracts with the District government or any person to provide services to the Pension Fund Trustee in connection with its performance of the contract.

Permits the Secretary to determine, in the interest of economy and efficiency, with respect to any function otherwise to be performed by the Pension Fund Trustee, that such function shall be performed by the Secretary.

Applies the same specified Federal law to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund that applied to the Trust Fund before October 1, 2004.

Terminates the Trust Fund and the Federal Supplemental Fund upon transfer of all their assets and obligations to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund.

(Sec. 3) Sets forth procedures for resolving denied benefit claims with respect to the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund.

Treats misappropriation of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund as a Federal crime.

(Sec. 4) Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide that the Chief Financial Officer shall not administer the retirement system for police officers, fire fighters, and teachers.

]]> 49 2004-12-23 Public Law 2005-01-04T19:49:01Z (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 28, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to establish in the Treasury the District of Columbia Teachers, Police Officers, and Firefighters Federal Pension Fund (D.C. Federal Pension Fund) consisting of transfers of all: (1) District of Columbia Federal Pension Liability Trust Fund obligations to make Federal benefit payments; and (2) assets of such Trust Fund and the Federal Supplemental District of Columbia Pension Fund.

Specifies the use of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund, including but not limited to: (1) making Federal benefit payments; and (2) financing Federal obligations for future benefits.

Transfers as of October 1, 2004: (1) all obligations to make Federal benefit payments from the Trust Fund to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund; and (2) all assets of the Trust Fund and all assets of the Federal Supplemental Fund to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make annual Federal payments into the D.C. Federal Pension Fund from the general fund of the Treasury.

Provides for the administration of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund by a Pension Fund Trustee selected by the Secretary.

Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Pension Fund Trustree to provide for the auditing of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund's assets, the making of such Federal benefit payments, and such other matters as the Secretary deems appropriate.

Authorizes the Pension Fund Trustee, with the Secretary's approval, to enter into one or more subcontracts with the District government or any person to provide services to the Pension Fund Trustee in connection with its performance of the contract.

Permits the Secretary to determine, in the interest of economy and efficiency, with respect to any function otherwise to be performed by the Pension Fund Trustee, that such function shall be performed by the Secretary.

Applies the same specified Federal law to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund that applied to the Trust Fund before October 1, 2004.

Terminates the Trust Fund and the Federal Supplemental Fund upon transfer of all their assets and obligations to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund.

(Sec. 3) Sets forth procedures for resolving denied benefit claims with respect to the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund.

Treats misappropriation of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund as a Federal crime.

(Sec. 4) Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide that the Chief Financial Officer shall not administer the retirement system for police officers, fire fighters, and teachers.

]]> District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 Display Title District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to improve the administration of Federal pension benefit payments for District of Columbia teachers, police officers, and fire fighters, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 Short Titles as Passed House District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 H House Short Titles as Passed Senate District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 S Senate Short Titles as Enacted District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 Enrolled Bill Received in Senate 2004-09-29T04:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2004-09-28T04:00:00Z Introduced in House 2004-06-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4657ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4657ih.xml 2004-12-24T04:59:59Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-108publ489/xml/PLAW-108publ489.xml Public Law 2004-12-23 Became Public Law No: 108-489. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.