IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3054
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 14, 2003
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Dis-
ability Act to permit military service previously per-
formed by members and former members of the Metro-
politan Police Department of the District of Columbia, 
the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the 
United States Park Police, and the United States Secret 
Service to count as creditable service for purposes of 
calculating retirement annuities payable to such members 
upon payment of a contribution by such members, and 
for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Military Retirement Equity Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. PERMITTING INCLUSION OF PREVIOUS MILITARY 
SERVICE AS CREDITABLE SERVICE FOR CER-
TAIN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREES. 
Subsection (c)(8) of the Policemen and Firemen’s Re-
tirement and Disability Act (sec. 5–704(h), D.C. Official 
Code) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(8) Notwithstanding’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(8)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), notwithstanding’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B)(i)(I) Except as provided in subclause (II), and 
subject to clause (iv), each member or former member who 
has performed military service before the date of the sepa-
ration on which the entitlement to any annuity under this 
Act is based may elect to retain credit for the service by 
paying (in accordance with such regulations as the Mayor 
shall issue) to the office by which the member is employed
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(or, in the case of a former member, to the appropriate 
benefits administrator) an amount equal to 7 percent of 
the amount of the basic pay paid under section 204 of 
title 37, United States Code, to the member for each pe-
riod of military service after December 1956. The amount 
of such payments shall be based on such evidence of basic 
pay for military service as the member may provide, or, 
if the Mayor determines sufficient evidence has not been 
so provided to adequately determine basic pay for military 
service, such payment shall be based upon estimates of 
such basic pay provided to the Mayor under clause (iii). 
Payment of such amount by an active member must be 
completed prior to the member’s date of retirement or Oc-
tober 1, 2006, whichever is later, for the member to retain 
credit for the service. 
‘‘(II) In any case where military service interrupts 
creditable service under this subsection and reemployment 
pursuant to chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, 
occurs on or after August 1, 1990, the deposit payable 
under this clause may not exceed the amount that would 
have been deducted and withheld under this Act from 
basic pay during the period of creditable service if the 
member had not performed the period of military service.
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‘‘(ii) Any deposit made under clause (i) more than 
2 years after the later of—
‘‘(I) October 1, 2004; or 
‘‘(II) the date on which the member making the 
deposit first becomes a member following the period 
of military service for which such deposit is due, 
shall include interest on such amount computed and com-
pounded annually beginning on the date of the expiration 
of the 2-year period. The interest rate that is applicable 
in computing interest in any year under this paragraph 
shall be equal to the interest rate that is applicable for 
such year under paragraph (5)(B). 
‘‘(iii) The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
Transportation, the Secretary of Commerce, or the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate, 
shall furnish such information to the Mayor as the Mayor 
may determine to be necessary for the administration of 
this subsection. 
‘‘(iv) Effective with respect to any period of military 
service after November 10, 1996, the percentage of basic 
pay under section 204 of title 37, United States Code, 
payable under clause (i) shall be equal to the same per-
centage as would be applicable under subsection (d) of this 
section for that same period for service as a member sub-
ject to clause (i)(II).’’.
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SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT IN FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO 
CERTAIN POLICE AND FIRE RETIREES TO 
TAKE MILITARY SERVICE ADJUSTMENT INTO 
ACCOUNT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11012 of the National 
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement 
Act of 1997 (sec. 1–803.02, D.C. Official Code) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) TREATMENT
OF MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT 
PURCHASED BY CERTAIN POLICE AND FIRE RETIREES.—
For purposes of subsection (a), in determining the amount 
of a Federal benefit payment made to an officer or mem-
ber, the benefit payment to which the officer or member 
is entitled under the District Retirement Program shall 
include any amounts which would have been included in 
the benefit payment under such Program if the amend-
ments made by the District of Columbia Military Retire-
ment Equity Act of 2003 had taken effect prior to the 
freeze date.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 11003(5) 
of such Act (sec. 1–801.02(5), D.C. Official Code) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and (f)’’ after ‘‘section 11012(e)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to Federal benefit
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payments made after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
Passed the House of Representatives October 8, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.