I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6490 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to treat the service of Members 
of the United States Capitol Police who are transferred directly to 
an administrative or supervisory position with the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center as a law enforcement officer service for purposes 
of the Federal Employees’ Retirement System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2018 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia (for himself, Mr. COLE, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of 
Pennsylvania, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. GENE GREEN of 
Texas, and Mr. SCALISE) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to treat the service 
of Members of the United States Capitol Police who 
are transferred directly to an administrative or super-
visory position with the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center as a law enforcement officer service for pur-
poses of the Federal Employees’ Retirement System, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Law Enforcement Re-
tirement Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF SERVICE OF MEMBERS OF THE 
UNITED 
STATES 
CAPITOL 
POLICE 
WHO 
TRANSFER TO FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TRAINING CENTER AS PRIMARY LAW EN-
FORCEMENT OFFICER SERVICE FOR PUR-
POSES OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIRE-
MENT SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8401(17)(C) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the semicolon 
and inserting the following: ‘‘, or an individual who is 
transferred directly from the Capitol Police to a super-
visory or administrative position with the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center after performing service as 
a member of the Capitol Police for at least 3 years;’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any individual 
who is transferred directly to a supervisory or administra-
tive position with the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center at any time before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, other than any individual who is 
entitled to an annuity under section 8412(d) of title 5, 
United States Code, as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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(c) DEPOSIT REQUIRED.—An individual described in 
the amendment made by subsection (a) who transferred 
directly from the Capitol Police to a supervisory or admin-
istrative position with the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center before the date of the enactment of this 
Act may not receive credit, for purposes of Federal Em-
ployees’ Retirement System, for service as a law enforce-
ment officer (as that term is defined in section 8401(17) 
of title 5, United States Code) for the period beginning 
on the date that such individual was so transferred and 
ending on the date of the enactment of this Act unless 
such individual pays, in a form and manner as prescribed 
by the Office of Personnel Management, a deposit equal 
to the difference between the amount that would have been 
deducted from the basic pay of the individual under sec-
tion 8422 of such title if such individual was, during that 
period, serving as a law enforcement officer and the 
amount that was deducted from the basic pay of the indi-
vidual under such section during such period, plus interest 
computed under section 8334(e) of such title. 
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