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SEC. 502. RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR SERVICE OF CERTAIN 
EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED FROM DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA SERVICE TO FEDERAL SERV-
ICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any individual who is treated as 
an employee of the Federal government for purposes of 
chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act who performed 
qualifying District of Columbia service shall be entitled to 
have such service included in calculating the individual’s 
creditable service under sections 8332 or 8411 of title 5, 
United States Code, but only for purposes of the following 
provisions of such title: 
(1) Sections 8333 and 8410 (relating to eligi-
bility for annuity). 
(2) Sections 8336 (other than subsections (d), 
(h), and (p) thereof) and 8412 (relating to immediate 
retirement). 
(3) Sections 8338 and 8413 (relating to deferred 
retirement). 
(4) Sections 8336(d), 8336(h), 8336(p), and 8414 
(relating to early retirement). 
(5) Section 8341 and subchapter IV of chapter 
84 (relating to survivor annuities). 
(6) Section 8337 and subchapter V of chapter 84 
(relating to disability benefits). 
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(b) TREATMENT OF DETENTION OFFICER SERVICE AS 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SERVICE.—Any portion of 
an individual’s qualifying District of Columbia service 
which consisted of service as a detention officer under sec-
tion 2604(2) of the District of Columbia Government Com-
prehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (sec. 1–626.04(2), 
D.C. Official Code) shall be treated as service as a law en-
forcement officer under sections 8331(20) or 8401(17) of 
title 5, United States Code, for purposes of applying sub-
section (a) with respect to the individual. 
(c) SERVICE NOT INCLUDED IN COMPUTING AMOUNT 
OF ANY ANNUITY.—Qualifying District of Columbia service 
shall not be taken into account for purposes of computing 
the amount of any benefit payable out of the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund. 
SEC. 503. QUALIFYING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SERVICE 
DEFINED. 
In this title, ‘‘qualifying District of Columbia service’’ 
means any of the following: 
(1) Service performed by an individual as a 
nonjudicial employee of the District of Columbia 
courts— 
(A) which was performed prior to the effec-
tive date of the amendments made by section 
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11246(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997; 
and 
(B) for which the individual did not ever 
receive credit under the provisions of subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code (other than by virtue of section 
8331(1)(iv) of such title). 
(2) Service performed by an individual as an 
employee of an entity of the District of Columbia gov-
ernment whose functions were transferred to the Pre-
trial Services, Parole, Adult Supervision, and Of-
fender Supervision Trustee under section 11232 of the 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997— 
(A) which was performed prior to the effec-
tive date of the individual’s coverage as an em-
ployee of the Federal Government under section 
11232(f) of such Act; and 
(B) for which the individual did not ever 
receive credit under the provisions of subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code (other than by virtue of section 
8331(1)(iv) of such title). 
(3) Service performed by an individual as an 
employee of the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service— 
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(A) which was performed prior to the effec-
tive date of the amendments made by section 7(e) 
of the District of Columbia Courts and Justice 
Technical Corrections Act of 1998; and 
(B) for which the individual did not ever 
receive credit under the provisions of subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code (other than by virtue of section 
8331(1)(iv) of such title). 
(4) In the case of an individual who was an em-
ployee of the District of Columbia Department of Cor-
rections who was separated from service as a result 
of the closing of the Lorton Correctional Complex and 
who was appointed to a position with the Bureau of 
Prisons, the District of Columbia courts, the Pretrial 
Services, Parole, Adult Supervision, and Offender Su-
pervision Trustee, the United States Parole Commis-
sion, or the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service, service performed by the individual as an 
employee of the District of Columbia Department of 
Corrections— 
(A) which was performed prior to the effec-
tive date of the individual’s coverage as an em-
ployee of the Federal Government; and 
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(B) for which the individual did not ever 
receive credit under the provisions of subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code (other than by virtue of section 
8331(1)(iv) of such title). 
SEC. 504. CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE. 
The Office of Personnel Management shall accept the 
certification of the appropriate personnel official of the gov-
ernment of the District of Columbia or other independent 
employing entity concerning whether an individual per-
formed qualifying District of Columbia service and the 
length of the period of such service the individual per-
formed. 
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