[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2767 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2767

  To provide additional compensation for members of the Metropolitan 
Police Department and Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the 
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, and the United States 
 Park Police who carry out certain technical or hazardous duties, and 
                           for other purposes


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 1997

  Mrs. Morella (for herself, Mr. Davis of Virginia, and Mr. Moran of 
  Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide additional compensation for members of the Metropolitan 
Police Department and Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the 
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, and the United States 
 Park Police who carry out certain technical or hazardous duties, 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. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICERS 
              CARRYING OUT CERTAIN TECHNICAL OR HAZARDOUS DUTIES.

    (a) Increase in Additional Compensation Currently Provided to 
Certain Officers.--Section 302 of the District of Columbia Police and 
Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (D.C. Code, sec. 4-411), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``$810 per annum'' 
        and inserting ``$1,500 per annum''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``$595 per annum'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``$1,250 per annum''.
    (b) Additional Compensation for Officers Performing Certain 
Hazardous Duties.--
            (1) In general.--Section 302 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
        4-411) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) 
                as subsections (f), (g), and (h); and
                    (B) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
                new subsections:
    ``(d) Each officer or member of the United States Park Police force 
or the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division who performs 
duties in the detection, disruption, or disposal of explosive devices 
or chemical or biological devices or agents, shall receive $2,500 per 
annum in addition to his or her scheduled rate of basic compensation. 
Officers and members receiving additional compensation under this 
subsection shall not be entitled to additional compensation under 
subsection (b)(2).
    ``(e) Each officer or member of the United States Secret Service 
Uniformed Division who travels in connection with the protection of the 
President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, or 
their immediate families, or any person under the protection of the 
United States Secret Service, to any foreign nation in which a United 
States Department of State travel advisory has been issued, or to any 
foreign nation in which a state of war or civil unrest exists (as 
certified by the Department of State), shall receive $100 per day in 
addition to his or her scheduled rate of basic compensation and travel 
expenses (or, if applicable, the officer's or member's per diem) for 
each day the officer or member remains in that nation.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 302 of such Act (D.C. 
        Code, sec. 4-411) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by paragraph 
                (1)(A)), by striking ``subsections (b) and (c)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (b), (c), (d), or (e)'';
                    (B) in subsection (g) (as redesignated by paragraph 
                (1)(A)), by striking ``(b) or (c)'' and inserting 
                ``(b), (c), (d), or (e)''; and
                    (C) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by paragraph 
                (1)(A)), by striking ``(b) or (c)'' and inserting 
                ``(b), (c), (d), or (e)''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION PAID FOR SERVICE 
              LONGEVITY.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (3) of section 401(a) of the District of 
Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (D.C. Code, sec. 4-
415(a)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Any additional compensation paid to an officer or 
        member in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be--
                    ``(A) paid in the same manner as the basic 
                compensation to which the officer or member is 
                entitled;
                    ``(B) subject to deduction and withholding for 
                retirement and insurance; and
                    ``(C) considered as salary for the purpose of 
                computing annuities pursuant to the Policemen and 
                Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act and chapter 84 
                of title 5, United States Code, and for the purpose of 
                computing insurance coverage under chapter 87 of title 
                5, United States Code.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of the 
Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
4-607(6)), is amended by striking ``assignment'' and inserting 
``assignment (and, in the case of officers or members of the 
Metropolitan Police force, the Fire Department of the District of 
Columbia, the United States Park Police force, and the United States 
Secret Service Uniformed Division, any additional compensation received 
in accordance with section 401 of the District of Columbia Police and 
Firemen's Salary Act of 1958)''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to pay 
periods beginning on or after the first day of the first month which 
begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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