I 
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 Serv-
ice 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 Dis-
ability System in the same manner as members ap-
pointed prior to 1984. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Secret 
Service Retirement Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF UNITED 
STATES SECRET SERVICE TO ELECT COV-
ERAGE UNDER DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PO-
LICE AND FIREFIGHTER RETIREMENT SYS-
TEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of the Policemen 
and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act (sec. 5–703, 
D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Whenever any member’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever any mem-
ber’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) COVERAGE OF CERTAIN OTHER EMPLOYEES OF 
SECRET SERVICE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall apply 
with respect to a covered employee in the same man-
ner as such paragraph applies to an individual who 
is authorized to make a transfer of funds under such 
paragraph, but only if— 
‘‘(i) not later than 60 days after receiving 
notification of the transition cost associated 
with the application of paragraph (1) to the 
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covered employee (as provided under section 
2(b)(2) of the United States Secret Service Re-
tirement Act of 2011), the covered employee 
provides a notification to the Director of the 
United States Secret Service containing such 
information and assurances as the Director may 
require; 
‘‘(ii) on or before the date the covered em-
ployee provides a notification under clause (i), 
the employee makes a lump sum payment in an 
amount equal to the transition cost associated 
with the application of paragraph (1) to the 
covered employee, in accordance with section 
2(c) of the United States Secret Service Retire-
ment Act of 2011; and 
‘‘(iii) the covered employee uses the ac-
count of the covered employee in the Thrift 
Savings Fund as the exclusive source of funds 
for making the lump sum payment under clause 
(ii). 
‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT TO REFLECT SOCIAL SECU-
RITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS.—In the case 
of a covered employee who authorizes a transfer of 
funds under paragraph (1), such covered employee 
shall be subject to the same deductions and shall be 
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entitled to the same benefits as provided for under 
paragraph (1), subject to offset in accordance with 
section 103(e) of Public Law 100–238 (5 U.S.C. 
8334 note). 
‘‘(C) COVERED EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘covered employee’ means an in-
dividual who— 
‘‘(i) was appointed as an officer or member 
of the United States Secret Service Division or 
the United States Secret Service Uniformed Di-
vision during 1984, 1985, or 1986; 
‘‘(ii) has actively performed duties other 
than clerical for 10 or more years directly re-
lated to the protection mission of the United 
States Secret Service described under section 
3056 of title 18, United States Code; 
‘‘(iii) is serving as an officer or member of 
the United States Secret Service Division or the 
United States Secret Service Uniformed Divi-
sion (or any successor entity) on the date of en-
actment of this paragraph; and 
‘‘(iv) is participating in the Federal Em-
ployees’ Retirement System under chapter 84 of 
title 5, United States Code, on the date of en-
actment of this paragraph.’’. 
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Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act to a cov-
ered employee is the amount by which— 
(A) the estimated present value of the pay-
ments which would be payable by the Federal 
Government to the District of Columbia with 
respect to such employee during the 11-fiscal 
year period beginning with the fiscal year in 
which this Act is enacted if such paragraph ap-
plies with respect to the covered employee, ex-
ceeds 
(B) the estimated present value of the ben-
efits which would be payable from the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund with 
respect to such employee during the 11-year pe-
riod described in subparagraph (A) if such 
paragraph does not apply with respect to the 
covered employee. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of the United States Secret Service, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management and the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia, shall determine the transition cost with 
respect to each covered employee, by applying such 
assumptions and other methodologies as the Direc-
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tor of the United States Secret Service considers ap-
propriate, consistent with generally accepted actu-
arial practices and standards. 
(3) USE OF DISTRIBUTION FROM THRIFT SAV-
INGS PLAN FOR LUMP SUM PAYMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of mak-
ing the lump sum payment required under 
paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of the Police-
men and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability 
Act, a covered employee shall, subject to section 
8435 of title 5, United States Code (to the 
same extent and in the same manner as a with-
drawal under section 8433(h) of such title), di-
rect the Executive Director appointed under 
section 8474 of such title to make a single with-
drawal from the account of the covered em-
ployee in the Thrift Savings Fund in an 
amount equal to the transition cost associated 
with the covered employee. 
(B) TRANSFER
TO
SECRET
SERVICE.— 
Upon being directed by a covered employee to 
make a withdrawal under subparagraph (A), 
the Executive Director shall transfer the 
amount of the withdrawal to the Director of the 
United States Secret Service for deposit into 
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the Contributions for Annuity Benefits, United 
States Secret Service appropriations account of 
the Department of Homeland Security. 
(C) TAX
ROLLOVER
TREATMENT.—Not-
withstanding section 8433(c) (2), (3), and (4) 
of title 5, United States Code, any transfer 
made under subparagraph (B) shall be treated 
as a direct transfer described under section 
402(e)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In subsections (b) and (c), a ‘‘cov-
ered employee’’ means an individual described in para-
graph (2) of subsection (b) of the Policemen and Fire-
men’s Retirement and Disability Act (sec. 5–703, D.C. Of-
ficial Code), as added by subsection (a). 
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS. 
Section 8468 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k)(1) For purposes of this section, the term ‘cov-
ered District of Columbia retiree’ means an individual who 
is receiving benefits under the Policemen and Firemen’s 
Retirement and Disability Act— 
‘‘(A) based in whole or in part on such individ-
ual’s service as an officer or member of the United 
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States Secret Service Division or the United States 
Secret Service Uniformed Division; and 
‘‘(B) pursuant to an election, made under sub-
section (b)(2) of such Act (sec. 5–703, D.C. Official 
Code), to transfer to that retirement system from 
the retirement system under this chapter. 
‘‘(2) If a covered District of Columbia retiree be-
comes employed in an appointive or elective position (as 
referred to in subsection (a)), an amount equal to the re-
tirement benefits which are payable under the Policemen 
and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act and allo-
cable to the period of actual employment shall be deducted 
from the pay of the reemployed retiree, to the same extent 
and in the same manner as if those retirement benefits 
were an annuity under this chapter. 
‘‘(3) The Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out 
this subsection, including regulations under which an em-
ploying agency shall accept the certification of the appro-
priate official of the government of the District of Colum-
bia regarding the amount of retirement benefits being paid 
to a covered District of Columbia retiree for a period dur-
ing which such retiree is employed in the position de-
scribed in paragraph (2).’’. 
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SEC. 4. PAYGO COMPLIANCE. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
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