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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1034

To amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to extend the civil

service retirement provisions of such chapter which are applicable to

law enforcement officers to inspectors of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, inspectors and canine enforcement officers of the United

States Customs Service, and revenue officers of the Internal Revenue

Service.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 23, 1993

Mr. SWIFT (for himself, Mr. BAKER of Louisiana, Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER, Mr.

INSLEE, Mr. KREIDLER, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr.

MCDERMOTT, Mr. MANTON, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Mr. OBERSTAR,

Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. PAXON, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr.

RANGEL, and Mrs. UNSOELD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

A BILL

To amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to

extend the civil service retirement provisions of such

chapter which are applicable to law enforcement officers

to inspectors of the Immigration and Naturalization

Service, inspectors and canine enforcement officers of

the United States Customs Service, and revenue officers

of the Internal Revenue Service.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT

2 PROVISIONS.

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 8331 of title 5, United

4 States Code, is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

6 (24);

7 (2) by striking the period at the end of para8 graph (25) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

9 (3) by adding at the end the following new

10 paragraphs:

11 ‘‘(26) ‘revenue officer’ means an employee of

12 the Internal Revenue Service, the duties of whose

13 position are primarily the collection of delinquent

14 taxes and the securing of delinquent returns, includ15 ing an employee engaged in this activity who is

16 transferred to a supervisory or administrative posi17 tion;

18 ‘‘(27) ‘customs inspector’ means an employee of

19 the United States Customs Service, the duties of

20 whose position are primarily to—

21 ‘‘(A) enforce laws and regulations govern22 ing the importing and exporting of merchan23 dise;

24 ‘‘(B) process and control passengers and

25 baggage;
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1 ‘‘(C) interdict smuggled merchandise and

2 contraband; and

3 ‘‘(D) apprehend (if warranted) persons in4 volved in violations of customs laws,

5 including an employee engaged in this activity who

6 is transferred to a supervisory or administrative po7 sition;

8 ‘‘(28) ‘customs canine enforcement officer’

9 means an employee of the United States Customs

10 Service, the duties of whose position are primarily to

11 work directly with a dog in an effort to—

12 ‘‘(A) enforce laws and regulations govern13 ing the importing and exporting of merchan14 dise;

15 ‘‘(B) process and control passengers and

16 baggage;

17 ‘‘(C) interdict smuggled merchandise and

18 contraband; and

19 ‘‘(D) apprehend (if warranted) persons in20 volved in violations of customs laws,

21 including an employee engaged in this activity who

22 is transferred to a supervisory or administrative po23 sition; and

24 ‘‘(29) ‘Immigration and Naturalization inspec25 tor’ means an employee of the Immigration and Nat-
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1 uralization Service, the duties of whose position are

2 primarily the controlling and guarding of the bound3 aries and borders of the United States against the

4 illegal entry of aliens, including an employee en5 gaged in this activity who is transferred to a super6 visory or administrative position.’’.

7 (b) DEDUCTIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND DEPOS8 ITS.—Section 8334 of such title is amended—

9 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘a law en10 forcement officer,’’ and inserting ‘‘a law enforcement

11 officer, a revenue officer, a customs inspector, a cus12 toms canine enforcement officer, an Immigration

13 and Naturalization inspector,’’; and

14 (2) in the table in subsection (c), by striking

15 ‘‘and firefighter for firefighter service.’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘, firefighter for firefighter service, revenue offi17 cer for revenue officer service, customs inspector for

18 customs inspector service, customs canine enforce19 ment officer for customs canine enforcement officer

20 service, and Immigration and Naturalization inspec21 tor for Immigration and Naturalization inspector

22 service’’.

23 (c) MANDATORY SEPARATION.—Section 8335(b) of

24 such title is amended by striking ‘‘law enforcement officer

25 or a firefighter’’ and inserting ‘‘law enforcement officer,
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1 a firefighter, a revenue officer, a customs inspector, a cus2 toms canine enforcement officer, or an Immigration and

3 Naturalization inspector’’.

4 (d) IMMEDIATE RETIREMENT.—Section 8336(c)(1)

5 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘law enforcement offi6 cer or firefighter,’’ and inserting ‘‘law enforcement officer,

7 a firefighter, a revenue officer, a customs inspector, a cus8 toms canine enforcement officer, or an Immigration and

9 Naturalization inspector,’’.

10 SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

11 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with

12 respect to all persons employed as revenue officers of the

13 Internal Revenue Service, customs inspectors and canine

14 enforcement officers of the United States Customs Serv15 ice, and inspectors of the Immigration and Naturalization

16 Service upon or after the expiration of the 90-day period

17 which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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