[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8162 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8162

   To amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997 to treat domestic partnerships as marriage for 
purposes of the program of benefits paid by the Federal government for 
  survivors of a District of Columbia police officer, firefighter, or 
    teacher in the same manner and to the same extent that domestic 
  partnerships are treated as marriage for purposes of such benefits 
 which are paid by the District of Columbia, to conform the age limit 
  after which a surviving spouse of a police officer, firefighter, or 
teacher may remarry without losing survivor benefits under such program 
   to the age limit established with respect to survivor benefits of 
               Federal employees, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2024

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997 to treat domestic partnerships as marriage for 
purposes of the program of benefits paid by the Federal government for 
  survivors of a District of Columbia police officer, firefighter, or 
    teacher in the same manner and to the same extent that domestic 
  partnerships are treated as marriage for purposes of such benefits 
 which are paid by the District of Columbia, to conform the age limit 
  after which a surviving spouse of a police officer, firefighter, or 
teacher may remarry without losing survivor benefits under such program 
   to the age limit established with respect to survivor benefits of 
               Federal employees, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Capital Revitalization and 
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 Technical Corrections Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM OF BENEFITS PAID BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
              FOR SURVIVORS OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE OFFICERS, 
              FIREFIGHTERS, AND TEACHERS.

    (a) Coverage of Surviving Domestic Partners Under Same Terms and 
Conditions for Benefits Paid Under District of Columbia Retirement 
Programs.--Section 11012 of the National Capital Revitalization and 
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (sec. 1-803.02, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Coverage of Domestic Partners.--
            ``(1) Coverage.--For purposes of subsection (a), the 
        determination of the entitlement of an individual to a benefit 
        payment under a District Retirement Program shall be made as if 
        the amendments made by section 32 of the Omnibus Domestic 
        Partnership Equality Amendment Act of 2008 (D.C. Law 17-231) 
        and the amendments made by section 2 of the Teachers, Police, 
        and Firefighters Retirement Benefits Amendment Act of 2018 
        (D.C. Law 22-215) had taken effect prior to the freeze date.
            ``(2) Exclusion of unrelated provisions.--Paragraph (1) 
        does not apply to the amendments made by subsections (b) and 
        (e) of section 2 of the Teachers, Police, and Firefighters 
        Retirement Benefits Amendment Act of 2018.''.
    (b) Application of Same Age Limit for Termination of Benefits by 
Reason of Remarriage Under Federal Employee Retirement Programs.--
            (1) Individuals covered by district retirement program.--
        Section 11012 of such Act (sec. 1-803.02, D.C. Official Code), 
        as amended by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Application of Age Limit Under Federal Employee Retirement 
Programs for Termination of Survivor Benefit by Reason of Remarriage.--
            ``(1) Limitation on termination of benefit on grounds of 
        remarriage.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), for purposes 
        of subsection (a), the entitlement of an individual to a 
        benefit payment under a District Retirement Program shall be 
        determined as if, prior to the freeze date, the entitlement to 
        the benefit payment under the Program did not terminate by 
        reason of the remarriage of the individual.
            ``(2) Exception for survivors remarried before becoming 55 
        years of age.--Paragraph (1) does not apply if the individual 
        remarried before becoming 55 years of age, unless the 
        individual was married for at least 30 years to the individual 
        on whose service the benefit payment is based.''.
            (2) Special rule for survivors of judges.--Section 11-
        1568(c), District of Columbia Official Code, is amended in the 
        matter following paragraph (3) by striking ``fifty-five years 
        of age'' and inserting ``fifty-five years of age, unless the 
        widow or widower was married to the judge for at least 30 
        years''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 11003(6) of such Act (sec. 1-
801.02(6), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ``section 
11012(e) and (f)'' and inserting ``section 11012(e), (f), (g), and 
(h)''.

SEC. 3. ANNUITY DEPOSIT FOR CERTAIN SERVICE UNDER DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
              RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

    Section 1905(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 5 U.S.C. 8332 note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Qualifying'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph (4), qualifying''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Service deposit.--
                    ``(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the qualifying 
                District of Columbia service of any individual who 
                makes a deposit under this paragraph shall be taken 
                into account for purposes of computing the amount of 
                any benefit payable out of the Civil Service Retirement 
                and Disability Fund under section 8348 of title 5, 
                United States Code.
                    ``(B) Any individual--
                            ``(i) who, pursuant to this section, has 
                        qualifying District of Columbia service 
                        included in calculating the individual's 
                        creditable service under section 8332, of title 
                        5, United States Code, may deposit an amount 
                        equal to the product of the basic pay received 
                        for that qualifying service multiplied by the 
                        applicable percentage, or percentages, in 
                        section 8334(c) of such title, plus interest 
                        (computed in accordance with section 8334(e) of 
                        such title); or
                            ``(ii) who, pursuant to this section, has 
                        qualifying District of Columbia service 
                        included in calculating the individual's 
                        creditable service under section 8411 of such 
                        title may deposit an amount equal to 1.3 
                        percent of basic pay received for that 
                        qualifying service, plus interest (computed in 
                        accordance with section 8334(e) of such title).
                    ``(C) For the purpose of survivor annuities, 
                deposits authorized by this paragraph may be made by a 
                survivor of an individual described in subparagraph 
                (B)(i) or (B)(ii).
                    ``(D) Any deposit made under this paragraph shall 
                be credited to the Civil Service Retirement and 
                Disability Fund.
                    ``(E) The Office of Personnel Management shall 
                issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out 
                this paragraph.''.
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