[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1603 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1603

 To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to extend 
   the civil service retirement provisions of such chapter which are 
                applicable to law enforcement officers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 29 (legislative day, October 13), 1993

  Mr. Cochran introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to extend 
   the civil service retirement provisions of such chapter which are 
                applicable to law enforcement officers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 8331 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph (25);
            (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (26) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and ``and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(27) `fish and wildlife officer' means a law enforcement 
        officer of the Refuge Division of the United States Fish and 
        Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior.''.
    (b) Deductions, Contributions, and Deposits.--Section 8334 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out ``a law 
        enforcement officer,'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``a law 
        enforcement officer, a fish and wildlife officer''; and
            (2) in the table in subsection (c), by striking out ``and 
        firefighter for firefighter service.'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``, firefighter for firefighter service, and a fish and 
        wildlife officer for fish and wildlife service.''.
    (c) Immediate Retirement.--Section 8336(c)(1) of such title is 
amended by striking out ``law enforcement officer or firefighter,'' and 
inserting ``law enforcement officer, a firefighter, or a''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 8401 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph (31);
            (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (32) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and ``and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(33) `fish and wildlife officer' means a law enforcement 
        officer of the Refuge Division of the United States Fish and 
        Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior.''.
    (b) Immediate Retirement.--Section 8412(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking out ``or firefighter,'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``firefighter, or fish and 
        wildlife officer,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2) by striking out ``or firefighter,'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``firefighter, or fish and 
        wildlife officer''.
    (c) Computation of Basic Annuity.--Section 8415(g)(2) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended in the sentence following subparagraph 
(B) by inserting ``fish and wildlife officer,'' after ``firefighter,''.
    (d) Deductions.--Section 8422(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ``fish and wildlife 
        officer,'' after ``air traffic controller,''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ``fish and wildlife 
        officer,'' after ``air traffic controller,''.
    (e) Government Contributions.--Section 8423(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(B)(i) by inserting ``fish and wildlife 
        officer,'' after ``law enforcement officer,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(A) by inserting ``fish and wildlife 
        officer,'' after ``law enforcement officer,''.
    (f) Mandatory Separation.--Section 8425(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended in the second sentence by inserting ``or fish 
and wildlife officer'' after ``law enforcement officer''.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    (a) Employee Contributions.--Any individual who has served as a 
fish and wildlife officer before the effective date of this Act, shall 
have such service credited and annuities determined in accordance with 
the amendments made by sections 1 and 2 of this Act, if such individual 
makes payment into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund of 
an amount, determined by the Office of Personnel Management, which 
would have been deducted and withheld from the basic pay of such 
individual (including interest thereon) under chapters 83 and 84 of 
title 5, United States Code, as if such amendments had been in effect 
during the periods of such service.
    (b) Agency Contributions.--No later than 90 days after a payment 
made by an individual under subsection (a), the Department of the 
Interior shall make a payment into the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund of an amount, determined by the Office of Personnel 
Management, which would have been contributed as a Government 
contribution (including interest thereon) under chapters 83 and 84 of 
title 5, United States Code, for the service credited and annuities 
determined for such individual, as if the amendments made by sections 1 
and 2 of this Act had been in effect during the applicable periods of 
service.
    (c) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management shall 
determine the amount of interest to be paid under this section and may 
promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The provisions of this Act and amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on the date occurring 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act.

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