[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1984 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1984

   To repeal the provisions of chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United 
  States Code, relating to a mandatory retirement age for Federal law 
enforcement officers and firefighters, Capitol Police, and air traffic 
                  controllers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             March 25 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To repeal the provisions of chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United 
  States Code, relating to a mandatory retirement age for Federal law 
enforcement officers and firefighters, Capitol Police, and air traffic 
                  controllers, 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. REPEAL OF MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR FEDERAL LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS, CAPITOL POLICE, 
              AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

    (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--(1) Section 8335 of title 5, 
United States Code, is repealed.
    (2) The table of sections for chapter 83 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to section 8335.
    (b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--(1) Section 8401 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (14) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
        as follows:
                    ``(A) an employee, the duties of whose position are 
                primarily to perform work directly connected with the 
                control and extinguishment of fires; and''; and
            (B) in paragraph (17)--
                    (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(A) an employee, the duties of whose position are 
                primarily--
                            ``(i) the investigation, apprehension, or 
                        detention of individuals suspected or convicted 
                        of offenses against the criminal laws of the 
                        United States; or
                            ``(ii) the protection of officials of the 
                        United States against threats to personal 
                        safety;''; and
                    (ii) in subparagraph (D) by striking out ``and are 
                sufficiently rigorous that employment opportunities 
                should be limited to young and physically vigorous 
                individuals, as determined by the head of the employing 
                agency''.
    (2)(A) Section 8425 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.
    (B) The table of sections for chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to section 8425.

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