[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4099 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4099

To amend the District of Columbia Retirement Protection Act of 1997 to 
  include certain service longevity payments in the amount of Federal 
  benefit payments made under such Act to officers and members of the 
                    Metropolitan Police Department.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the District of Columbia Retirement Protection Act of 1997 to 
  include certain service longevity payments in the amount of Federal 
  benefit payments made under such Act to officers and members of the 
                    Metropolitan Police Department.

    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 Retirement 
Equality Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF SERVICE LONGEVITY PAYMENTS IN AMOUNT OF FEDERAL 
              BENEFIT PAYMENTS MADE TO METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT 
              OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 11012 of the District of Columbia 
Retirement Protection Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 718; 
D.C. Code, sec. 1-762.2) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(e) Treatment of Increases in Certain Police Service Longevity 
Payments.--For purposes of subsection (a), in determining the amount of 
a Federal benefit payment made to an officer or member of the 
Metropolitan Police Department, the benefit payment to which the 
officer or member is entitled under the District Retirement Program 
shall include any amounts which would have been included in the benefit 
payment under such Program if the amendments made by the Police 
Recruiting and Retention Enhancement Amendment Act of 1999 had taken 
effect prior to the freeze date.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 11003(5) of such Act (Public Law 
105-33; 111 Stat. 717; D.C. Code, sec. 1-761.2(5)) is amended by 
inserting after ``except as'' the following: ``provided under section 
11012(e) and as''.
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