[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3389 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3389

   To reduce the unfunded liability of the teachers', firefighters', 
police officers', and judges' pension funds of the District of Columbia 
by increasing and extending the contributions of the Federal Government 
  to such funds, increasing employee contributions to such funds, and 
 establishing a single annual cost-of-living adjustment for annuities 
             paid from such funds, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 1996

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
   To reduce the unfunded liability of the teachers', firefighters', 
police officers', and judges' pension funds of the District of Columbia 
by increasing and extending the contributions of the Federal Government 
  to such funds, increasing employee contributions to such funds, and 
 establishing a single annual cost-of-living adjustment for annuities 
             paid from such funds, 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 ``District of Columbia Pension 
Liability Funding Reform Act of 1996''.

  TITLE I--FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PENSION FUNDS

SEC. 101. INCREASE IN AND EXTENSION OF FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 144(a) of the District of Columbia 
Retirement Reform Act (sec. 1-724(a), D.C. Code) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``2004--'' and inserting ``2036 the following amounts:'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``as'' and inserting ``As'', and
                    (B) by striking ``Fund, the sum'' and all that 
                follows and inserting the following: ``Fund--
                    ``(A) for each fiscal year through fiscal year 
                1996, the sum of $34,170,000, reduced by the amount of 
                any reduction required under section 145(c); and
                    ``(B) for fiscal year 1997 and each subsequent 
                fiscal year, the sum of $193,579,000, reduced by the 
                amount of any such reduction.'';
            (3) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``as'' and inserting ``As'', and
                    (B) by striking ``Fund, the sum'' and all that 
                follows and inserting the following: ``Fund--
                    ``(A) for each fiscal year through fiscal year 
                1996, the sum of $17,680,000; and
                    ``(B) for fiscal year 1997 and each subsequent 
                fiscal year, the sum of $100,152,500.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``as'' and inserting ``As'', and
                    (B) by striking ``Fund, the sum'' and all that 
                follows and inserting the following: ``Fund--
                    ``(A) for each fiscal year through fiscal year 
                1996, the sum of $220,000; and
                    ``(B) for fiscal year 1997 and each subsequent 
                fiscal year, the sum of $1,268,500.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The District of Columbia Retirement 
Reform Act is amended--
            (1) in section 142(b)(1) (sec. 1-722(b)(1), D.C. Code), by 
        striking ``2004'' each place it appears in subparagraphs (A) 
        and (D) and inserting ``2036'';
            (2) in section 142(b)(2) (sec. 1-722(b)(2), D.C. Code), by 
        striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2037'';
            (3) in section 142(c)(1)(A) (sec. 1-722(c)(1)(A), D.C. 
        Code), by striking ``2003'' and inserting ``2035'';
            (4) in section 144(e) (sec.1-724, D.C. Code)--
                    (A) by striking ``2004'' in paragraph (1) and 
                inserting ``2036'', and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2);
            (5) in section 145 (sec. 1-725, D.C. Code), by striking 
        ``2004'' each place it appears in subsections (a)(1) and (c)(1) 
        and inserting ``2036''; and
            (6) in section 162(d) (sec. 1-732(d)(1), D.C. Code), by 
        striking paragraph (5).

                TITLE II--CHANGES IN RETIREMENT BENEFITS

      Subtitle A--Police Officers' and Fire Fighters' Contribution

SEC. 201. INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION.

    The first sentence of subsection (d)(1) of the Policemen and 
Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act (sec. 4-612(a), D.C. Code) is 
amended by inserting after ``per centum'' the following: ``(or, with 
respect to a member who is an officer or member of the Metropolitan 
Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, 8 per 
centum for each pay period which begins on or after October 1, 1996)''.

SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF SINGLE ANNUAL COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

    Subsection (m) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and 
Disability Act (sec. 4-624, D.C. Code) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the Mayor shall'' and 
        all that follows and inserting the following: ``on January 1 of 
        each year (or within a reasonable time thereafter), the Mayor 
        shall determine the per centum change in the price index for 
        the preceding year by determining the difference between the 
        index published for December of the preceding year and the 
        index published for December of the second preceding year.''; 
        and
            (2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
    ``(3) If (in accordance with paragraph (2)) the Mayor determines in 
a year (beginning with 1997) that the per centum change in the price 
index for the preceding year indicates a rise in the price index, each 
annuity having a commencing date on or before September 1 of the year 
shall, effective September 1 of the year, be increased by an amount 
equal to--
            ``(A) in the case of an annuity having a commencing date on 
        or before September 1 of such preceding year, the per centum 
        change computed under paragraph (2), adjusted to the nearest 
        \1/10\ of 1 per centum; or
            ``(B) in the case of an annuity having a commencing date 
        after September 1 of such preceding year, a pro rata increase 
        equal to the product of--
                    ``(i) \1/12\ of the per centum change computed 
                under paragraph (2), multiplied by
                    ``(ii) the number of months (not to exceed 12 
                months, counting any portion of a month as an entire 
                month) for which the annuity was payable before the 
                effective date of the increase,
                                                adjusted to the nearest 
                        \1/10\ of 1 per centum.''.

SEC. 203. EQUALIZATION OF CONTRIBUTION RULES FOR FORMER RETIREES.

    (a) In General.--Section 209(a)(2)(B) of the District of Columbia 
Retirement Reform Act (sec. 4-625(2), D.C. Code) is amended by striking 
``having a commencing date after the effective date of such 
amendment.''.
    (b) Repeal of Relief Allowance or Compensation Increase.--Section 
301 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953 
(sec. 4-605, D.C. Code) is repealed.

                   Subtitle B--Teachers' Contribution

SEC. 211. INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION.

    The first sentence of section 1 of the Act entitled ``An Act for 
the retirement of public-school teachers in the District of Columbia'', 
approved August 7, 1946 (sec. 31-1221(a), D.C. Code), is amended by 
inserting after ``per centum'' the following: ``(or, with respect to 
each pay period which begins on or after October 1, 1996, 8 per 
centum)''.

SEC. 212. ESTABLISHMENT OF SINGLE ANNUAL COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

    Section 21(b) of the Act entitled ``An Act for the retirement of 
public-school teachers in the District of Columbia'', approved August 
7, 1946 (sec. 31-1241(b), D.C. Code) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``The Mayor shall--'' and 
        all that follows and inserting the following: ``On January 1 of 
        each year (or within a reasonable time thereafter), the Mayor 
        shall determine the per centum change in the price index for 
        the preceding year by determining the difference between the 
        index published for December of the preceding year and the 
        index published for December of the second preceding year.''; 
        and
            (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
    ``(2) If (in accordance with paragraph (1)) the Mayor determines in 
a year (beginning with 1997) that the per centum change in the price 
index for the preceding year indicates a rise in the price index, each 
annuity having a commencing date on or before September 1 of the year 
shall, effective September 1 of the year, be increased by an amount 
equal to--
            ``(A) in the case of an annuity having a commencing date on 
        or before September 1 of such preceding year, the per centum 
        change computed under paragraph (1), adjusted to the nearest 
        \1/10\ of 1 per centum; or
            ``(B) in the case of an annuity having a commencing date 
        after September 1 of such preceding year, a pro rata increase 
        equal to the product of--
                    ``(i) \1/12\ of the per centum change computed 
                under paragraph (1), multiplied by
                    ``(ii) the number of months (not to exceed 12 
                months, counting any portion of a month as an entire 
                month) for which the annuity was payable before the 
                effective date of the increase, adjusted to the nearest 
                \1/10\ of 1 per centum.''.

                    Subtitle C--Judges' Contribution

SEC. 221. INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION.

    (a) Amount of Withholding.--The first sentence of section 11-
1563(a), D.C. Code, is amended by inserting after ``per centum'' the 
following: ``(or, with respect to each pay period which begins on or 
after October 1, 1996, 4\1/2\ per centum)''.
    (b) Computation of Retirement Salary.--Section 11-1564(d)(1), D.C. 
Code, is amended by inserting after ``United States Code,'' the 
following: ``with respect to services performed before October 1, 1996, 
and equal to 4\1/2\ per centum of such salary, pay, or compensation 
with respect to services performed on or after October 1, 1996,''.

                       TITLE III--EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 301. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect October 1, 1996.
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