110 HR 311 IH: To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-01-05
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1.This Act may be cited as the Border
Patrol Agent Recruitment Act of 2007
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2.Maximum age for
original appointment of retired member of armed forces to border patrol agent
position
(a)Section 3307 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
(g)(1)The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall fix the maximum age limit for an original appointment
to a border patrol agent position at 45 years of age for any individual who is
a retired member of the armed forces at the time of appointment.
(2)For purposes of this subsection, the
term border patrol agent has the meaning specified by the
Secretary of Homeland
Security.
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(b)Section 3307(a) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking and (f)
and
inserting (f), and (g)
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3.Provisions
relating to retirement
(a)Amendments to
Civil Service Retirement System
(1)Section 8336(c) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
(3)(A)Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), an employee who is separated from the service after completing
15 years of service as a border patrol agent described in subparagraph (B),
including in a supervisory or administrative position to which such employee
transfers directly from a border patrol agent position, is entitled to an
annuity.
(B)A
border patrol agent described in this subparagraph is any border patrol agent
(as defined in section 3307(g)) who, at the time of original appointment to a
position as such an agent, is—
(i)a retired member of the armed forces;
and
(ii)at least 40 years of
age.
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(2)Section 8335(b) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
(3)In the case of a law enforcement officer
eligible for immediate retirement under section 8336(c)(3), the first sentence
of paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting 15 years of
service
for 20 years of
service
.
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(b)Amendments to
Federal Employees’ Retirement System
(1)Section 8412(d) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(A)by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(B)by striking
(d)
and inserting (d)(1)
; and
(C)by adding at the
end the following:
(2)(A)Notwithstanding paragraph
(1), an employee who is separated from the service, except by removal for cause
on charges of misconduct or delinquency, after completing 15 years of service
as a border patrol agent described in subparagraph (B), including in a
supervisory or administrative position to which such employee transfers
directly from a border patrol agent position, is entitled to an annuity.
(B)A border patrol agent described in this
subparagraph is any border patrol agent (as defined in section 3307(g)) who, at
the time of original appointment to a position as such an agent, is—
(i)a retired member of the armed forces;
and
(ii)at least 40 years of
age.
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(2)Section 8425(b) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
(3)In the case of a law enforcement officer
eligible for immediate retirement under section 8412(d)(2), the first sentence
of paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting 15 years of
service
for 20 years of
service
.
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