[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2414 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2414

   To amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997 to adjust the Federal benefit payment required 
to be paid to certain retirees of the District of Columbia Metropolitan 
  Police Department and the District of Columbia Fire Service to take 
    into account service longevity payments which under District of 
    Columbia law are considered basic compensation for purposes of 
             retirement, survivor benefits, and annuities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997 to adjust the Federal benefit payment required 
to be paid to certain retirees of the District of Columbia Metropolitan 
  Police Department and the District of Columbia Fire Service to take 
    into account service longevity payments which under District of 
    Columbia law are considered basic compensation for purposes of 
             retirement, survivor benefits, and annuities.

    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 ``Metropolitan Police Department and 
Fire Service Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT 
              SERVICE LONGEVITY PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA POLICE AND FIRE SERVICE RETIREES.

    (a) Adjustment in Federal Benefit Payment.--Section 11012(e) of the 
National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
1997 (sec. 1-803.02(e), D.C. Official Code) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by inserting ``and Fire Service'' after 
        ``Police''; and
            (2) by inserting after the first sentence the following: 
        ``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 or Fire Service, 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 section 202 of the 
        Metropolitan Police Department Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Law 
        16-223) had taken effect prior to the freeze date, but only 
        with respect to an officer or member who completes 20 years of 
        active service prior to retirement.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to Federal benefit payments made on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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