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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2532 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 14, 2011 

Mr. RUPPERSBERGER (for himself and Mr. KING of New York) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget 

and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Service Retirement Act of 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF UNITED 

5 STATES SECRET SERVICE TO ELECT COV6 ERAGE UNDER DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PO7 LICE AND FIREFIGHTER RETIREMENT SYS8 TEM. 

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

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

11 D.C. Official Code) is amended— 

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

13 inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever any mem14 ber’’; and 

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

16 paragraph: 

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

18 SECRET SERVICE.— 

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

20 with respect to a covered employee in the same man21 ner as such paragraph applies to an individual who 

22 is authorized to make a transfer of funds under such 

23 paragraph, but only if— 

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

25 notification of the transition cost associated 

26 with the application of paragraph (1) to the 


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1 covered employee (as provided under section 

2 2(b)(2) of the United States Secret Service Re3 tirement Act of 2011), the covered employee 

4 provides a notification to the Director of the 

5 United States Secret Service containing such 

6 information and assurances as the Director may 

7 require; 

8 ‘‘(ii) on or before the date the covered em9 ployee provides a notification under clause (i), 

10 the employee makes a lump sum payment in an 

11 amount equal to the transition cost associated 

12 with the application of paragraph (1) to the 

13 covered employee, in accordance with section 

14 2(c) of the United States Secret Service Retire15 ment Act of 2011; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) the covered employee uses the ac17 count of the covered employee in the Thrift 

18 Savings Fund as the exclusive source of funds 

19 for making the lump sum payment under clause 

20 (ii). 

21 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT TO REFLECT SOCIAL SECU22 RITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS.—In the case 

23 of a covered employee who authorizes a transfer of 

24 funds under paragraph (1), such covered employee 

25 shall be subject to the same deductions and shall be 


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1 entitled to the same benefits as provided for under 

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

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

4 8334 note). 

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

6 paragraph, the term ‘covered employee’ means an in7 dividual who— 

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

9 of the United States Secret Service Division or 

10 the United States Secret Service Uniformed Di11 vision during 1984, 1985, or 1986; 

12 ‘‘(ii) has actively performed duties other 

13 than clerical for 10 or more years directly re14 lated to the protection mission of the United 

15 States Secret Service described under section 

16 3056 of title 18, United States Code; 

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

18 the United States Secret Service Division or the 

19 United States Secret Service Uniformed Divi20 sion (or any successor entity) on the date of en21 actment of this paragraph; and 

22 ‘‘(iv) is participating in the Federal Em23 ployees’ Retirement System under chapter 84 of 

24 title 5, United States Code, on the date of en25 actment of this paragraph.’’. 


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1 (b) NOTIFICATIONS.— 

2 (1) INITIAL NOTIFICATION BY SECRET SERV3 ICE.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 

4 enactment of this Act, the Director of the United 

5 States Secret Service shall notify each covered em6 ployee that the covered employee may execute an 

7 election under this subsection to have paragraph (1) 

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

9 Retirement and Disability Act (sec. 5–703, D.C. Of10 ficial Code) apply with respect to the covered em11 ployee. 

12 (2) NOTIFICATION OF TRANSITION COST.—Not 

13 later than 15 days after determining the amount of 

14 the transition cost associated with the application of 

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

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

17 5–703, D.C. Official Code) to a covered employee (in 

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

19 United States Secret Service shall notify the covered 

20 employee of such transition cost. 

21 (c) TRANSITION COST.— 

22 (1) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—The transi23 tion cost associated with the application of para24 graph (1) of subsection (b) of the Policemen and 


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1 Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act to a cov2 ered employee is the amount by which— 

3 (A) the estimated present value of the pay4 ments which would be payable by the Federal 

5 Government to the District of Columbia with 

6 respect to such employee during the 11-fiscal 

7 year period beginning with the fiscal year in 

8 which this Act is enacted if such paragraph ap9 plies with respect to the covered employee, ex10 ceeds 

11 (B) the estimated present value of the ben12 efits which would be payable from the Civil 

13 Service Retirement and Disability Fund with 

14 respect to such employee during the 11-year pe15 riod described in subparagraph (A) if such 

16 paragraph does not apply with respect to the 

17 covered employee. 

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

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di20 rector of the United States Secret Service, in con21 sultation with the Director of the Office of Per22 sonnel Management and the Mayor of the District of 

23 Columbia, shall determine the transition cost with 

24 respect to each covered employee, by applying such 

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1 tor of the United States Secret Service considers ap2 propriate, consistent with generally accepted actu3 arial practices and standards. 

4 (3) USE OF DISTRIBUTION FROM THRIFT SAV5 INGS PLAN FOR LUMP SUM PAYMENT.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of mak7 ing the lump sum payment required under 

8 paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of the Police9 men and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability 

10 Act, a covered employee shall, subject to section 

11 8435 of title 5, United States Code (to the 

12 same extent and in the same manner as a with13 drawal under section 8433(h) of such title), di14 rect the Executive Director appointed under 

15 section 8474 of such title to make a single with16 drawal from the account of the covered em17 ployee in the Thrift Savings Fund in an 

18 amount equal to the transition cost associated 

19 with the covered employee. 

20 (B) TRANSFER TO SECRET SERVICE.— 

21 Upon being directed by a covered employee to 

22 make a withdrawal under subparagraph (A), 

23 the Executive Director shall transfer the 

24 amount of the withdrawal to the Director of the 

25 United States Secret Service for deposit into 


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1 the Contributions for Annuity Benefits, United 

2 States Secret Service appropriations account of 

3 the Department of Homeland Security. 

4 (C) TAX ROLLOVER TREATMENT.—Not5 withstanding section 8433(c) (2), (3), and (4) 

6 of title 5, United States Code, any transfer 

7 made under subparagraph (B) shall be treated 

8 as a direct transfer described under section 

9 402(e)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

10 1986. 

11 (d) DEFINITION.—In subsections (b) and (c), a ‘‘cov12 ered employee’’ means an individual described in para13 graph (2) of subsection (b) of the Policemen and Fire14 men’s Retirement and Disability Act (sec. 5–703, D.C. Of15 ficial Code), as added by subsection (a). 

16 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS. 

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

18 amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(k)(1) For purposes of this section, the term ‘cov20 ered District of Columbia retiree’ means an individual who 

21 is receiving benefits under the Policemen and Firemen’s 

22 Retirement and Disability Act— 

23 ‘‘(A) based in whole or in part on such individ24 ual’s service as an officer or member of the United 


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1 States Secret Service Division or the United States 

2 Secret Service Uniformed Division; and 

3 ‘‘(B) pursuant to an election, made under sub4 section (b)(2) of such Act (sec. 5–703, D.C. Official 

5 Code), to transfer to that retirement system from 

6 the retirement system under this chapter. 

7 ‘‘(2) If a covered District of Columbia retiree be8 comes employed in an appointive or elective position (as 

9 referred to in subsection (a)), an amount equal to the re10 tirement benefits which are payable under the Policemen 

11 and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act and allo12 cable to the period of actual employment shall be deducted 

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

14 and in the same manner as if those retirement benefits 

15 were an annuity under this chapter. 

16 ‘‘(3) The Director of the Office of Personnel Manage17 ment shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out 

18 this subsection, including regulations under which an em19 ploying agency shall accept the certification of the appro20 priate official of the government of the District of Colum21 bia regarding the amount of retirement benefits being paid 

22 to a covered District of Columbia retiree for a period dur23 ing which such retiree is employed in the position de24 scribed in paragraph (2).’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. PAYGO COMPLIANCE. 

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

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

4 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

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

6 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

7 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro8 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

9 vote on passage. 

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