1.This Act may be cited as the
Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and
Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009
.
2.The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short
title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—Enhanced financial recovery
Sec. 101. Unpaid fines and restitution.
Sec. 102. Remission of criminal monetary penalties.
Sec. 103. Prioritization of restitution efforts.
Sec. 104. Imposition of civil late fee.
Sec. 105. Increase in the amount of special
assessments.
Sec. 106. Enhanced financial recovery fund.
Sec. 107. Effective dates.
TITLE II—Equitable retirement treatment of assistant United
States attorneys
Sec. 201. Retirement treatment of assistant United States
attorneys.
Sec. 202. Provisions relating to incumbents.
Sec. 203. Agency share contributions.
Sec. 204. Effective date.
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhanced financial recovery</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8b56c94539ff439d9ecf83350a928e8b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unpaid fines and restitution</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEEFD2878DE0C46F68D5AB7BE2542A821"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3612 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id515F2174EFFF438397D9EFF97BAAAC28"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (d), (e), (g), (h),
and (i); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF24B29D25EF47F9BF0FFC96EBFE1143"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (c) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75976AB95D12481F834E0F3678019145" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7244ed0d22f640bb8e17f552e1328a20"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Imposition of late fee</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1f09c01373894b48a70d87e2873a992a"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A late fee shall be imposed upon a
defendant if fines or restitution obligations of the defendant totaling not
less than $2,500 unpaid as of the date specified in subsection (f)(1). The late
fee imposed under this paragraph shall be 5 percent of the unpaid principal
balance for an individual and 10 percent for any other person.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7dbdf4a24dea4009bb00477aad1bfd71"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation of payments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb776df3d0f6541ee9bdf591a373996e0"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fine</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (C), if a late fee
is imposed under paragraph (1) for a fine—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID624f9182e0e04394bea3b698beb48fca"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount equal to 95 percent of each
payment made by a defendant shall be credited to the Crime Victims Fund
established under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C.
10601) or as otherwise provided in that section; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5721373771664b3487f3afda748a9d24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount equal to 5 percent of each
payment shall be credited to the Department of Justice Enhanced Financial
Recovery Fund established under section 106 of the
<short-title>Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and
Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009</short-title>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8fa4fc9d87844db48f6d10ef1bba5bd9"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restitution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (C), if a late fee
is imposed under paragraph (1) for a restitution obligation—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc95a4eddf9514e868008ad1ce10c883a"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount equal to 95 percent of each
payment shall be paid to any victim identified by the court; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDba02f37c9b1f452a8da2a96407fadd92"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount equal to 5 percent of each
payment shall be credited to the Department of Justice Enhanced Financial
Recovery Fund established under section 106 of the
<short-title>Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and
Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009</short-title>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID077fe03b351a42578bacf27c69535f2e"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Order of payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments for fines or restitution shall be
applied first to the principal and, if any, the late fee under paragraph (1).
If the amount due on either the principal or the late fee has been paid in full
and the other amount due remains unpaid, all payments for fines or restitution
shall then be applied to the other unpaid obligation. If the principal and the
late fee have been paid in full, all payments for fines or restitution shall
then be applied to interest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0b95fcb83b714ac68874c6000573ceab"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E3AD821F7444E46A74792998787E238"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>fines or restitution
obligations</term> does not include any amount that is imposed as interest,
costs, or a late fee;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID878c641d70bb4d7caf5908b230949fde"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>principal</term> does not
include any amount that is imposed as interest, penalty, or a late fee;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID385b68b1a6104cd9ba14b29f86514cf6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>restitution</term> includes
any unpaid balance due to a person identified in any judgment, or order of
restitution, entered in any criminal case.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4ea2345cdd39445f957134e06424bb1e"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver of Interest, Penalty, or Late
Fees</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1c4787f8041d4b8c9d1037ec34da7481"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General may waive all or part
of any interest or late fee under this section or any interest or penalty
imposed under any other provision of law if the Attorney General determines
that reasonable efforts to collect the interest, late fee, or penalty are not
likely to be effective.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55d9b9e993c5499e89b05eb7a40ca145"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver by court</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The court may waive the uncollected portion
of a late fee, upon the motion of the defendant, and a showing, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECF45346C0E5454F9E9017F9F9FA3C74"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the defendant has made a good faith effort
to satisfy all unpaid fines or restitution obligations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C501448C17A46D1BB2FF865F574246A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">despite the good faith efforts of the
defendant, the defendant is not likely to satisfy the obligations within the
time provided for under section 3613 of this title; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE04EB55D1D1C4376A1B80BD200C10A00"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the continued collection of a late fee
would constitute an undue burden upon the
defendant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfc214a315d0843c5bd9e583880f1abb4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of delinquency and default
provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3572 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsections (h) and
(i).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbfeb08a588fb4eacb2e623dab45c6318" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Remission of criminal monetary
penalties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3573 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB753F4C002864FE5A2B9825AAC9B500C" style="USC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDda00c8eb730143228ef22f2585e994ad" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3573.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Petition of the Government for modification
or remission</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4BC3ED1A39C42C3875FC9F0A014006B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon petition of the Government showing
that reasonable efforts to collect a fine, restitution obligation, or special
assessment are not likely to be effective, the court may, in the interest of
justice, remit all or any part of the fine, restitution obligation, or special
assessment, including interest, penalty, and late fees.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id599CC3DFE03A4A9BAC735BCCFB907452"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Victims other than the United
States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a
restitution obligation owed to a victim other than the United States, the
express and clearly voluntary consent of the victim is required before the
court may grant such petition. No defendant shall initiate contact with a
victim for the purpose of securing consent to a possible remission except
through counsel, the United States attorney, or in such a manner as first
approved by the court as safe and
noncoercive.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID844dbb9eef7f4cc1aa6e3d3c8ee0a250" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prioritization of restitution
efforts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3771 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by adding the following subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3D283881CCB4F6E83D22B7A55BC70A2" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd05cef20a9c74a4cabcf92eb7de33656"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guidelines</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE4008A1B0F6455A9A2CB7AFF1006F08"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General shall promulgate
guidelines to ensure the effective and efficient enforcement of all criminal
and civil obligations which are owed to the United States and enforced by the
Department of Justice.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6640C32C637849169A6AE110A8A08178"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The guidelines promulgated under paragraph
(1) shall require consideration, in making decisions relating to enforcement of
criminal and civil obligations which are owed to the United States, of the
amount due, the amount collectible, and whether the amount is due to
individuals who are not likely to be able to enforce the obligation without
assistance from the Department of
Justice.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8b22cdd840a44ea980c603cc2a56959f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Imposition of civil late fee</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa77a8b2c4eb54aac9fe6187681c8aca0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3011 of title 28, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79A581A46F4F40158D4095D97D21DF98" style="USC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID61132f1a0a1e43f794e0238d44cc4229" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3011.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Imposition of late fee</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4840e4090796463abe4879ef277faa40"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A late fee shall be imposed on a defendant
if there is an unpaid balance due to the United States on any money judgment in
a civil matter recovered in a district court as of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc03d3bd9558c4a54a12e2116d1692a3b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the fifteenth day after the date of the
judgment; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf1ef3934cc5144aea0b377d0ce0525f0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the day described in paragraph (1) is a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal public holiday, the next day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday, or legal holiday.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CA624210124430085D56E360B251EF8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount of late fee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A late fee imposed under subsection (a)
shall be 5 percent of the unpaid principal balance for an individual and 10
percent for any other person.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID867df927324644d39499cf09c26c8a51"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation of payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (d), if a late fee is
imposed under subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID00dd7f9ea2864775be53d41e44b0269b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount equal to 95 percent of each
principal payment made by a defendant shall be credited as otherwise provided
by law; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID307f1170fe6144c49d1af39899d38ca2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount equal to 5 percent of each
principal payment shall be credited to the Department of Justice Enhanced
Financial Recovery Fund established under section 106 of the Enhanced Financial
Recovery and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2007.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd65c71fd2b374429994d192051be0a30"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Order of payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments for a money judgment in a civil
matter shall be applied first to the principal and, if any, the late fee under
subsection (a). If the amount due on either the principal or the late fee has
been paid in full and the other amount due remains unpaid, all payments for a
money judgment in a civil matter shall be applied to the other unpaid
obligation. If the principal and the late fee have been paid in full, all
payments for a money judgment in a civil matter shall then be applied to
interest.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID86636de8c35b411a927e44ed46799096"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9e8e7f35e31b4b2f928d6d807adb5639"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>principal</term> does not
include any amount that is imposed as interest, penalty, or a late fee;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe3553a49ee18492a82bde9e03dab038c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>unpaid balance due to the
United States</term>—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE89E18068F37461C8A4F3D84149B2B44"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes any unpaid balance due to a person
that was represented by the Department of Justice in the civil matter in which
the money judgment was entered; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id437F6FD63AFB485D803F60798E6B8F8B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not include interest, costs,
penalties, or late
fees.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcb409a14cd274198a78794a3eebc1b2b"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
sections for subchapter A of chapter 176 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by striking the item relating to section 3011 and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd0a1c4f7-21cc-4728-a49d-810c77db181d" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="ID61132f1a0a1e43f794e0238d44cc4229" level="section">3011. Imposition of late
fee.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID64fe386d32f94cd2a400ab4b37be93db" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increase in the amount of special
assessments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3013 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA27AEFE2F2CD434D809A26A2CF7B3AA9" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa8acc06139174a81b2df88eee0d00777"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The court shall assess on any person
convicted of an offense against the United States—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7e907ee3e33e45f8bb108d6b7c5fc576"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an infraction or a
misdemeanor—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa1b77fe38e0641e5a79fc94256b8451d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the defendant is an individual—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID10d529c67edc4f2cbd810e052542ecd7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of $10 in the case of an
infraction or a class C misdemeanor;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4521691bfddd41c4a4d3283ecce92bea"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of $25 in the case of a class B
misdemeanor; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdc89e265e857463b9ce0532f308d801a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of $100 in the case of a class A
misdemeanor; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9beaecfb435446409215570596c663b5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the defendant is a person other than an
individual—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa63b012d21f34955bbac61ef33fb7028"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of $100 in the case of an
infraction or a class C misdemeanor;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID80e59b70e3c2409ca587c1d501b1cbd9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of $200 in the case of a class B
misdemeanor; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb1c87b087c0f4c42a7e415113e76d8d3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of $500 in the case of a class A
misdemeanor; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID267751fc7cf94462b5ab5af40bad8255"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a felony—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5c37c5942700445da553cb768b56e70a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of $100 if the defendant is an
individual; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6c1719edd2df4c81bd3c6015fd5e9c88"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of $1,000 if the defendant is
not an
individual.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5ba4e31f934d4c17a675707c023e4cc1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhanced financial recovery fund</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID022e155a9d754c6091c2056c7bcda8fc"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury a
separate account known as the Department of Justice Enhanced Financial Recovery
Fund (in this section referred to as the <term>Fund</term>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID419cb49366324b91a39847a07b4dfb25"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deposits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31,
United States Code, or any other law regarding the crediting of collections,
there shall be credited as an offsetting collection to the Fund an amount equal
to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDff9f3ecc009a486e92217e1844c8e707"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 percent of any amount collected pursuant
to civil debt collection litigation activities of the Department of Justice (in
addition to any amount credited under section 11013 of the 21st Century
Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (28 U.S.C. 527
note));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7fea622f74a64b999da6988a8ae11f05"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">5 percent of all amounts collected as
restitution due to the United States pursuant to the criminal debt collection
litigation activities of the Department of Justice; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe250fea7bb254fb499a3d5f97f58e67b"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any late fee collected under section 3612
of title 18, United States Code, as amended by this Act, or section 3011 of
title 28, United States Code, as amended by this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5ba50cb241bc48369fa8591142280571"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amounts credited to the Fund shall
remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1d64984e5bf841b4a114fd78f269db76"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments from the fund To support enhanced
enforcement of judgments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3a3d7c2792124a7cb5ae3b3f40764045"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use for collection</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0AF5079BA064C1BB050B3C843FA2260"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Attorney General shall use not less than $20,000,000 of the Fund in each fiscal
year, to the extent that funds are available, for the collection of civil and
criminal judgments by the Department of Justice, including restitution
judgments where the beneficiaries are the victims of crime.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63472096548E4E72A719B7A806A86349"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The funds described in subparagraph (A)
shall be used to enhance, supplement, and improve the civil and criminal
judgment enforcement efforts of the Department of Justice first, and primarily
for such activities by United States attorneys’ offices. A portion of the funds
described in subparagraph (A) may be used by the Attorney General to provide
legal, investigative, accounting, and training support to the United States
attorneys’ offices in carrying out civil and criminal debt collection
activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id342F005C57AA458D896E2DADAE69EAED"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The funds described in subparagraph (A) may
not be used to determine whether a defendant is guilty of an offense or liable
to the United States, except incidentally for the provision of assistance
necessary or desirable in a case to ensure the preservation of assets or the
imposition of a judgment, which assists in the enforcement of a judgment, or in
a proceeding directly related to the failure of a defendant to satisfy the
monetary portion of a judgment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID407e0c7b85f34b62b1b33bdd89db5779"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adjustment of amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each fiscal year following the first
fiscal year in which deposits into the Fund are greater than $20,000,000, the
amount to be used under paragraph (1)(A) shall be increased by a percentage
equal to the change in the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor for the calendar year preceding
that fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1da979cdbab94fbb8115f36e7a4eb011"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any fiscal year, amounts in the Fund
shall be available to the extent that the amount appropriated in that fiscal
year for the purposes described in paragraph (1) is not less than an amount
equal to the amount appropriated for such activities in fiscal year 2006,
adjusted annually in the same proportion as increases reflected in the amount
of aggregate level of appropriations for the Executive Office of United States
Attorneys and United States Attorneys.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID687a39f9a8724f27bcd0aad73cf0b076"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Current agency share
contributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After expending
amounts in the Fund as provided under subsection (d), the Attorney General may
use amounts remaining in the Fund to offset additional agency share
contributions made by the Department of Justice for personnel benefit expenses
incurred as a result of this Act or the amendments made by this Act relating to
service as an assistant United States attorney on or after the date of
enactment of this Act. The availability of amounts from the Fund shall have no
effect on the implementation of title II or the amendments made by title
II.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf8f2baae37bf4b63b0a7b05b6c93e9bd"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Retroactive agency share
contributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After expending
amounts in the Fund as provided under subsection (e), the Attorney General may
use amounts remaining in the Fund to offset agency share contributions made by
the Department of Justice for personnel benefit expenses incurred as a result
of this Act or the amendments made by this Act relating to service as an
assistant United States attorney before the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa9c06124eb73497cada3a66c3e91cacd"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rebate of agency offsets</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After expending amounts in the Fund as
provided under subsection (f), all amounts remaining in the Fund shall be
credited, proportionally, to the Federal agencies on behalf of which debt
collection litigation activities were conducted that resulted in deposits under
paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) during that fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb997766c812e448faca3765de8b5fccb"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments to the general fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After expending amounts in the Fund as
provided under subsection (g), all amounts remaining in the Fund shall be
deposited with the General Fund of the United States Treasury.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID19fc4064a76445bcbca5e7cc45b715ed"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>United
States</term>—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9c09e030f6014e15acca2afb9c7df42e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7200626f08444225b34cf036faf86ebd"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the executive departments, the judicial and
legislative branches, the military departments, and independent establishments
of the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID18190bddaa934f0fb88194e3b51a0ea2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">corporations primarily acting as
instrumentalities or agencies of the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa82378f5dfed4207a305e0333623c092"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in paragraph (1), does
not include any contractor of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb9b6d46c189949a19d72c2199ef3cb97" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective dates</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94ABA9C4B97A44768B6E960701DF362C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in this section, this
title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect 30 days after the
date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID35aebe2cf58e4e69b68a7a3b629312f0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criminal
cases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
section 105 and subsection (d) of section 3612 of title 18, United States Code,
as added by section 101 of this Act, shall apply to any offense committed on or
after the date of enactment of this Act, including any offense which includes
conduct that continued on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4205b1020c364574b69004854baa3d00"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil cases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by section 104 shall
apply to any case pending on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Equitable retirement treatment of assistant
United States attorneys</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID379034a8edd94abea455f8dcf2e28921" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Retirement treatment of assistant United
States attorneys</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1143c48d6e894e0ca16243fd044b8e03"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil service retirement system</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID78c5e3651e7a45049fcd5ff69c7d076f"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistant United States attorney
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8331 of title
5, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd014408d177241adbaf442d23afd8d78"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (30), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6668538d4f1b4c459e23619c7b55c3fd"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (31), by striking the period
and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID051441bb97c3447284b7c5b57140c2dc"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03097810879144AABC554E5B9C3F6644" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6cdb60836e304ec9bbc1619a94eb4857"><enum>(32)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><term>assistant United States
attorney</term>—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52DCA0786770454A9350CE4640C63C6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means an assistant United States attorney
appointed under section 542 of title 28; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id746AB7B173224A66999F726B4FFE5E68"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes an individual—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10B82CA54AA3488FA26DCA5F3E9C0308"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appointed United States attorney under
section 541 or 546 of title 28;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA68AB6419D574609BD6690AC2F9F6635"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who has previously served as an assistant
United States attorney; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id680797D40473405C922C40E2DC6044B0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who elects under section 202 of the
<short-title>Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and
Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009</short-title> to be treated as an
assistant United States attorney and solely for the purposes of this
title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID42d5c5340f064cd3856c649d2d135e81"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Retirement treatment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by adding after section 8351 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id158C5F50EC6E48A4BF531212212D3716" style="USC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID617497c8755349f2a993c29e258bfc77" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8352.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistant United States
attorneys</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An assistant United
States attorney shall be treated in the same manner and to the same extent as a
law enforcement officer for purposes of this chapter, except as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaf3b6162af9f4268a3222bca039f5e1c"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8335(b)(1) of this title (relating
to mandatory separation) shall not apply.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID94fcc581f5014b22bf1317aeef34e5f0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8336(c)(1) of this title (relating
to immediate retirement at age 50 with 20 years of service as a law enforcement
officer) shall apply to assistant United States attorneys except the age for
immediate retirement eligibility shall be 57 instead of
50.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc5db16ad537049c5ab7c5cc7c2fa3485"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDddcb1328369e4f6ebc5f215cbc06b551"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table of sections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for chapter 83 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 8351 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c276607-c9ea-4a53-acb8-4b5614967764" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="ID617497c8755349f2a993c29e258bfc77" level="section">Sec. 8352. Assistant United States
attorneys.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4bd9e7c85d354a3eb4bbe312d09b3a23"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mandatory separation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8335(a) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking <quote>8331(29)(A)</quote> and inserting
<quote>8331(30)(A)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcd9ed1b867ad43ad858a80c5409d0399"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal employees’ retirement
system</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID211a994ad5444a44904e610920520af4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistant United States attorney
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8401 of title
5, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EBB3FDC35504CE4A87ECB0BEADEAABF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (35), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC25F84ADB3C84638ACFE538B69B66A62"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (36), by striking the period
and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID48438809d1db4a418c8bdcd400afe7a3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE1B166D74B94F7B8B44513BAAE298EF" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43428878C05B4F0FA243F0A393CBEE28"><enum>(37)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><term>assistant United States
attorney</term>—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA8062E4E1424582851E2BDA82C4E5AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means an assistant United States attorney
appointed under section 542 of title 28; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEEEB8A442FEB4B96B408877C31BFC423"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes an individual—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E7627E45EDA40FEB384F4CD8871258A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appointed United States attorney under
section 541 or 546 of title 28;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4721ED2B5CA4799B059452C3885A9ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who has previously served as an assistant
United States attorney; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60E0C167C90949748062D1C0ACC79110"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who elects under section 202 of the
<short-title>Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and
Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009</short-title> to be treated as an
assistant United States attorney and solely for the purposes of this
title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfb6de7079f2642eab5e907e33a361ff9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Retirement treatment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8402 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50AECBA901074507A0094108965534EC" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B6CD97C2CC44478905DB2E6FE742248"><enum>(h)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assistant United States attorney shall
be treated in the same manner and to the same extent as a law enforcement
officer for purposes of this chapter, except as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9d41b49522d847669eb3ddc58525acfe"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8425(b)(1) of this title (relating
to mandatory separation) shall not apply.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7e76a9d659064e8cb72bf6c6ddedb0d6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8412(d) of this title (relating to
immediate retirement at age 50 with 20 years of service as a law enforcement
officer) shall apply to assistant United States attorneys except the age for
immediate retirement eligibility shall be 57 instead of
50.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf427044a7eac443d8ae428106106df6f"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mandatory separation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 8335(b)(1) and 8425(b)(1) of title
5, United States Code, are each amended by adding at the end the following:
<quote>This subsection shall not apply in the case of an assistant United
States attorney.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd0cb88a0b257442c8db5069c2b994b83" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provisions relating to incumbents</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDee2e14e6cdde4c25b9d7d263861f8399"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID253a98347f9446a0b28651d656c3f68b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>assistant United States
attorney</term> means an assistant United States attorney appointed under
section 542 of title 28, United States Code; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID09067f2c39e7448a99a68966c37d1602"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>incumbent</term> means an
individual who, on the date of enactment of this Act—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE049EF6AE1C04B1B94EB4E629F98FC36"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is serving as an assistant United States
attorney;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27203A40E3B14925A59315D359932DB2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is serving as a United States Attorney
appointed under section 541 or 546 of title 28, United States Code; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86D69C55035B49E7AA9822EF6EBAC4F8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is employed by the Department of Justice
and has served at least 10 years as an assistant United States attorney.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8faef3f6a3044256b0d89820648bf633"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Department of Justice shall take measures reasonably
designed to provide notice to incumbents on—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa464bfc9152747eebc0ad1c7a87d3c6d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">their election rights under this title;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID89d27c16aae94770b2ee0d32a027589d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effects of making or not making a
timely election under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6d84883deaed4ff786a2084cd1c44dae"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Election available to incumbents</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID581087ac5fa84b1094676b9feaf79bce"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An incumbent may elect, for all purposes,
to be treated—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID23094ea1fede41c9a4ad00a70dfb51c0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in accordance with the amendments made by
this title; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID799d80f424e5424694ac0b364fdd53df"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as if this title had never been
enacted.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe815e52baa0e455c8955880e81329a0e"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Time limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An election under this subsection shall not
be effective unless the election is made not later than the earlier of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID70bf9bfdcb1a4d6d8a01ebf7a05b53a1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">180 days after the date on which the notice
under subsection (b) is provided; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID29e31a5fe2004e74872612f1be77db04"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which the incumbent involved
separates from service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8a978b4006d04b239fa71e29d2971aad"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to elect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to make a timely election under
this subsection shall be deemed—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID65cb82d997244af184bb7d41cbc87c80"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for an assistant United States attorney, as
an election under paragraph (1)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9121271651044f059530c805c684b42a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for any other incumbent, as an election
under paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID27d09a81d5664411983a236a1539098d"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limited retroactive effect</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDad2921fb2d364561a8a7ab0510c74365"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on retirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an incumbent who elects (or
is deemed to have elected) the option under subsection (c)(1)(A), all service
performed by that individual as an assistant United States attorney
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa598e03a3bee4bb69a155d48dceeabea"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent performed on or after the
effective date of that election, be treated in accordance with applicable
provisions of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code, as amended by this title; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8f2273d096db433ab6566287a556960d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent performed before the
effective date of that election, be treated in accordance with applicable
provisions of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code, as if the amendments made by this title had then been in
effect.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa41268bc198343edb8ab1a20fb6ae715"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Creditable service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All service performed by an incumbent under
an appointment under section 515, 541, 543, or 546 of title 28, United States
Code, and while concurrently employed by the Department of Justice shall be
credited in the same manner as if performed as an assistant United States
attorney.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcec271b5f4b9439290fea2730f95b2d7"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No other retroactive effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title (including the
amendments made by this title) shall affect any of the terms or conditions of
an individual’s employment (apart from those governed by subchapter III of
chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code) with respect to any
period of service preceding the date on which such individual’s election under
subsection (c) is made (or is deemed to have been made).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe56bdf76fe6e433897411a5b8315a0e8"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individual contributions for prior
service</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9a656fbcf67646dcb94febdc511e4fff"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual who makes an election under
subsection (c)(1)(A) shall, with respect to prior service performed by such
individual, deposit, with interest, to the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund the difference between the individual contributions that were
actually made for such service and the individual contributions that would have
been made for such service if the amendments made by this title had then been
in effect.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1ab3820bf06c4a5688a9c2e871ccb97f"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of not contributing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the deposit required under paragraph (1)
is not paid, all prior service of the incumbent shall remain fully creditable
as law enforcement officer service, but the resulting annuity shall be reduced
in a manner similar to that described in section 8334(d)(2)(B) of title 5,
United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1f8132f2d13c44ef911b2f1565544752"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior service defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>prior
service</term> means, with respect to any individual who makes an election (or
is deemed to have made an election) under subsection (c)(1)(A), all service
credited as an assistant United States attorney, but not exceeding 20 years,
performed by such individual before the date as of which applicable retirement
deductions begin to be made in accordance with such election.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID36e5451d3b7d4dfb809e653ef6ac1ed9"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of Personnel Management shall
prescribe regulations necessary to carry out this title, including provisions
under which any interest due on the amount described under subsection (e) shall
be determined.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID073988f48d1d45ea9bcae214be40365a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agency share contributions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1a51d663ba9b43c084a69550c7a2f09d"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cost for current agency share
contributions for personnel benefits incurred as a result of this Act or the
amendments made by this Act may be paid from the Enhanced Financial Recovery
Fund. If in any fiscal year the Fund does not have a sufficient amount on
deposit to satisfy the cost for current agency share contributions for
personnel benefits incurred as a result of this Act or the amendments made by
this Act, the amount of the insufficiency shall be due the next fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0a13307f8f2e4abcb0d1b9bb9efd2b6d"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Retroactive agency share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cost for retroactive agency share
contributions for personnel benefits incurred as a result of this Act or the
amendments made by this Act may be paid from the Enhanced Financial Recovery
Fund. Notwithstanding section 8348(f) or section 8423(b) of title 5, United
States Code, an amount equal to the amount remaining in the Enhanced Financial
Recovery Fund in any fiscal year, after the amounts credited to the Fund have
been expended to satisfy the requirements of subsections (d) and (e) of section
106 of this Act, shall be credited toward the cost for retroactive agency share
contributions for personnel benefits incurred as a result of this Act or the
amendments made by this Act until such cost, along with accumulated interest,
has been satisfied in full.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc4e60b60da5f459c9176eb5a672bf514"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated for the Department of
Justice shall not be used to pay for the additional cost for current or
retroactive agency share contributions for personnel benefits incurred as a
result of this Act or the amendments made by this Act except as directed by the
Attorney General.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9b86fa97db35447486ebdc73ccfae1e8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID62fc29b3aba04b17a78d2b839f45b7b5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This title shall take effect on the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID755eca14c30345289edd707f7c805ebe"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incumbents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an incumbent who elects (or
is deemed to have elected) the option under section 202(c)(1)(A) of this title,
the election shall not take effect until 24 months after the date of enactment
of this Act, except as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID62d2d36d1caa44ce952ec23ee881b809"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An incumbent with at least 30 years of
service as an assistant United States attorney may choose to have the election
take effect at any time between 6 and 24 months after the date of enactment of
this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID762ec1104f8a4f00b4b5d808626a3f68"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An incumbent with at least 25 years of
service credited as an assistant United States attorney may choose to have the
election take effect at any time between 12 and 24 months after the enactment
of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc29a3274c58d4e44a2d116ece8842645"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An incumbent with at least 20 years of
service credited as an assistant United States attorney may, with the approval
of the Attorney General, choose to have the election take effect at any time
between 6 and 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID71c8e64f58b044d5885bc440ada5ef1e"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An incumbent with at least 20 years service
credited as an assistant United States attorney and who is currently serving
under an appointment under section 541 or 546 of title 28, United States Code,
may choose to have the election take effect at any time between the enactment
of this Act and 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>