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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1515 

To permit certain members of the United States Secret Service and certain 

members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division who 

were appointed in 1984, 1985, or 1986 to elect to be covered under 

the District of Columbia Police and Firefighter Retirement and Disability 

System in the same manner as members appointed prior to 1984. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 

Mr. LIEBERMAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To permit certain members of the United States Secret Service and certain members of the United States Secret 

Service Uniformed Division who were appointed in 1984, 

1985, or 1986 to elect to be covered under the District 

of Columbia Police and Firefighter Retirement and Disability System in the same manner as members appointed prior to 1984. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Secret 

5 Service Retirement Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF UNITED 

2 STATES SECRET SERVICE TO ELECT COV3 ERAGE UNDER DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PO4 LICE AND FIREFIGHTER RETIREMENT SYS5 TEM. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of the Policemen 

7 and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act (sec. 5–703, 

8 D.C. Official Code) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘Whenever any member’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever any mem11 ber’’; and 

12 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(2) COVERAGE OF CERTAIN OTHER EMPLOYEES OF

15 SECRET SERVICE.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall apply 

17 with respect to a covered employee in the same man18 ner as such paragraph applies to an individual who 

19 is authorized to make a transfer of funds under such 

20 paragraph, but only if— 

21 ‘‘(i) not later than 60 days after receiving 

22 notification of the transition cost associated 

23 with the application of paragraph (1) to the 

24 covered employee (as provided under section 

25 2(b)(2) of the United States Secret Service Re26 tirement Act of 2011), the covered employee 


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1 provides a notification to the Director of the 

2 United States Secret Service containing such 

3 information and assurances as the Director may 

4 require; 

5 ‘‘(ii) on or before the date the covered em6 ployee provides a notification under clause (i), 

7 the employee makes a lump sum payment in an 

8 amount equal to the transition cost associated 

9 with the application of paragraph (1) to the 

10 covered employee, in accordance with section 

11 2(c) of the United States Secret Service Retire12 ment Act of 2011; and 

13 ‘‘(iii) the covered employee uses the ac14 count of the covered employee in the Thrift 

15 Savings Fund as the exclusive source of funds 

16 for making the lump sum payment under clause 

17 (ii). 

18 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT TO REFLECT SOCIAL SECU19 RITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS.—In the case 

20 of a covered employee who authorizes a transfer of 

21 funds under paragraph (1), such covered employee 

22 shall be subject to the same deductions and shall be 

23 entitled to the same benefits as provided for under 

24 paragraph (1), subject to offset in accordance with 


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1 section 103(e) of Public Law 100–238 (5 U.S.C. 

2 8334 note). 

3 ‘‘(C) COVERED EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—In this 

4 paragraph, the term ‘covered employee’ means an in5 dividual who— 

6 ‘‘(i) was appointed as an officer or member 

7 of the United States Secret Service Division or 

8 the United States Secret Service Uniformed Di9 vision during 1984, 1985, or 1986; 

10 ‘‘(ii) has actively performed duties other 

11 than clerical for 10 or more years directly re12 lated to the protection mission of the United 

13 States Secret Service described under section 

14 3056 of title 18, United States Code; 

15 ‘‘(iii) is serving as an officer or member of 

16 the United States Secret Service Division or the 

17 United States Secret Service Uniformed Divi18 sion (or any successor entity) on the date of en19 actment of this paragraph; and 

20 ‘‘(iv) is participating in the Federal Em21 ployees’ Retirement System under chapter 84 of 

22 title 5, United States Code, on the date of en23 actment of this paragraph.’’. 

24 (b) NOTIFICATIONS.— 


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1 (1) INITIAL NOTIFICATION BY SECRET SERV2 ICE.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 

3 enactment of this Act, the Director of the United 

4 States Secret Service shall notify each covered em5 ployee that the covered employee may execute an 

6 election under this subsection to have paragraph (1) 

7 of subsection (b) of the Policemen and Firemen’s 

8 Retirement and Disability Act (sec. 5–703, D.C. Of9 ficial Code) apply with respect to the covered em10 ployee. 

11 (2) NOTIFICATION OF TRANSITION COST.—Not 

12 later than 15 days after determining the amount of 

13 the transition cost associated with the application of 

14 paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of the Policemen 

15 and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act (sec. 

16 5–703, D.C. Official Code) to a covered employee (in 

17 accordance with subsection (c)), the Director of the 

18 United States Secret Service shall notify the covered 

19 employee of such transition cost. 

20 (c) TRANSITION COST.— 

21 (1) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—The transi22 tion cost associated with the application of para23 graph (1) of subsection (b) of the Policemen and 

24 Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act to a cov25 ered employee is the amount by which— 


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1 (A) the estimated present value of the pay2 ments which would be payable by the Federal 

3 Government to the District of Columbia with 

4 respect to such employee during the 11-fiscal 

5 year period beginning with the fiscal year in 

6 which this Act is enacted if such paragraph ap7 plies with respect to the covered employee, ex8 ceeds 

9 (B) the estimated present value of the ben10 efits which would be payable from the Civil 

11 Service Retirement and Disability Fund with 

12 respect to such employee during the 11-year pe13 riod described in subparagraph (A) if such 

14 paragraph does not apply with respect to the 

15 covered employee. 

16 (2) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 60 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di18 rector of the United States Secret Service, in con19 sultation with the Director of the Office of Per20 sonnel Management and the Mayor of the District of 

21 Columbia, shall determine the transition cost with 

22 respect to each covered employee, by applying such 

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1 propriate, consistent with generally accepted actu2 arial practices and standards. 

3 (3) USE OF DISTRIBUTION FROM THRIFT SAV4 INGS PLAN FOR LUMP SUM PAYMENT.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of mak6 ing the lump sum payment required under 

7 paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of the Police8 men and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability 

9 Act, a covered employee shall, subject to section 

10 8435 of title 5, United States Code (to the 

11 same extent and in the same manner as a with12 drawal under section 8433(h) of such title), di13 rect the Executive Director appointed under 

14 section 8474 of such title to make a single with15 drawal from the account of the covered em16 ployee in the Thrift Savings Fund in an 

17 amount equal to the transition cost associated 

18 with the covered employee. 

19 (B) TRANSFER TO SECRET SERVICE.— 

20 Upon being directed by a covered employee to 

21 make a withdrawal under subparagraph (A), 

22 the Executive Director shall transfer the 

23 amount of the withdrawal to the Director of the 

24 United States Secret Service for deposit into 

25 the Contributions for Annuity Benefits, United 


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1 States Secret Service appropriations account of 

2 the Department of Homeland Security. 

3 (d) DEFINITION.—In subsections (b) and (c), a ‘‘cov4 ered employee’’ means an individual described in para5 graph (2) of subsection (b) of the Policemen and Fire6 men’s Retirement and Disability Act (sec. 5–703, D.C. Of7 ficial Code), as added by subsection (a). 

8 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS. 

9 Section 8468 of title 5, United States Code, is 

10 amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(k)(1) For purposes of this section, the term ‘cov12 ered District of Columbia retiree’ means an individual who 

13 is receiving benefits under the Policemen and Firemen’s 

14 Retirement and Disability Act— 

15 ‘‘(A) based in whole or in part on such individ16 ual’s service as an officer or member of the United 

17 States Secret Service Division or the United States 

18 Secret Service Uniformed Division; and 

19 ‘‘(B) pursuant to an election, made under sub20 section (b)(2) of such Act (sec. 5–703, D.C. Official 

21 Code), to transfer to that retirement system from 

22 the retirement system under this chapter. 

23 ‘‘(2) If a covered District of Columbia retiree be24 comes employed in an appointive or elective position (as 

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1 tirement benefits which are payable under the Policemen 

2 and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act and allo3 cable to the period of actual employment shall be deducted 

4 from the pay of the reemployed retiree, to the same extent 

5 and in the same manner as if those retirement benefits 

6 were an annuity under this chapter. 

7 ‘‘(3) The Director of the Office of Personnel Manage8 ment shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out 

9 this subsection, including regulations under which an em10 ploying agency shall accept the certification of the appro11 priate official of the government of the District of Colum12 bia regarding the amount of retirement benefits being paid 

13 to a covered District of Columbia retiree for a period dur14 ing which such retiree is employed in the position de15 scribed in paragraph (2).’’. 

16 SEC. 4. PAYGO COMPLIANCE. 

17 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

18 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

19 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

20 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

21 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

22 by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, pro23 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

24 vote on passage. 

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