I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3728
To eliminate the unfunded liability of the teachers’, firefighters’, police offi-
cers’, and judges’ pension funds of the District of Columbia by increasing
and extending the contributions of the Federal Government to such
funds, increasing employee contributions to such funds, and establishing
a single annual cost-of-living adjustment for annuities paid from such
funds, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 25, 1994
Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. LEWIS of
Georgia, and Mr. MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia
A BILL
To eliminate the unfunded liability of the teachers’, fire-
fighters’, police officers’, and judges’ pension funds of
the District of Columbia by increasing and extending
the contributions of the Federal Government to such
funds, increasing employee contributions to such funds,
and establishing a single annual cost-of-living adjustment
for annuities paid from such funds, and for other pur-
poses.
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
Pension Liability Funding Reform Act of 1994’’.
TITLE I—FEDERAL CONTRIBU-
TION TO DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA PENSION FUNDS
SEC. 101. INCREASE IN AND EXTENSION OF FEDERAL CON-
TRIBUTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 144(a) of the District of
Columbia Retirement Reform Act (sec. 1–724(a), D.C.
Code) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ‘‘2004—’’ and inserting ‘‘2035 the following
amounts:’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘as’’ and inserting ‘‘As’’,
and
(B) by striking ‘‘Fund, the sum’’ and all
that follows and inserting the following:
‘‘Fund—
‘‘(A) for each fiscal year through fiscal
year 1995, the sum of $34,170,000, reduced by
the amount of any reduction required under
section 145(c),
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 1996, the sum of
$35,879,000, reduced by the amount of any
such reduction, and
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 1997 and each subse-
quent fiscal year, the amount calculated in ac-
cordance with this paragraph for the previous
fiscal year increased by 5 percent, reduced by
the amount of any such reduction;’’;
(3) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘as’’ and inserting ‘‘As’’,
and
(B) by striking ‘‘Fund, the sum’’ and all
that follows and inserting the following:
‘‘Fund—
‘‘(A) for each fiscal year through fiscal
year 1995, the sum of $17,680,000,
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 1996, the sum of
$18,564,000, and
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 1997 and each subse-
quent fiscal year, the amount calculated in ac-
cordance with this paragraph for the previous
fiscal year increased by 5 percent; and’’; and
(4) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘as’’ and inserting ‘‘As’’,
and
(B) by striking ‘‘Fund, the sum’’ and all
that follows and inserting the following:
‘‘Fund—
‘‘(A) for each fiscal year through fiscal
year 1995, the sum of $220,000,
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 1996, the sum of
$231,000, and
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 1997 and each subse-
quent fiscal year, the amount calculated in ac-
cordance with this paragraph for the previous
fiscal year increased by 5 percent.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The District of
Columbia Retirement Reform Act is amended—
(1) in section 144(e) (sec.1–724, D.C. Code)—
(A) by striking ‘‘2004’’ in paragraph (1)
and inserting ‘‘2035’’, and
(B) by striking paragraph (2);
(2) in section 145 (sec. 1–725, D.C. Code), by
striking ‘‘2004’’ each place it appears in subsections
(a)(1) and (c)(1) and inserting ‘‘2035’’; and
(3) in section 162(d) (sec. 1–732(d)(1), D.C.
Code), by striking paragraph (5).
TITLE II—CHANGES IN
RETIREMENT BENEFITS
Subtitle A—Police Officers’ and
Fire Fighters’ Contribution
SEC. 201. INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION.
The first sentence of subsection (d)(1) of the Police-
men and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act (sec.
4–612(a), D.C. Code) is amended by inserting after ‘‘per
centum’’ the following: ‘‘(or, with respect to a member who
is an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force
or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, 8 per
centum for each pay period which begins on or after Octo-
ber 1, 1995)’’.
SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF SINGLE ANNUAL COST-OF-
LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
Subsection (m) of the Policemen and Firemen’s Re-
tirement and Disability Act (sec. 4–624, D.C. Code) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Mayor
shall’’ and all that follows and inserting the follow-
ing: ‘‘on January 1 of each year (or within a reason-
able time thereafter), the Mayor shall determine the
per centum change in the price index for the preced-
ing year by determining the difference between the
index published for December of the preceding year
‘‘(I) 1⁄6 of such per centum change, multi-
plied by
‘‘(II) the number of months (not to exceed
6 months, counting any portion of a month as
an entire month) for which the annuity was
payable before the effective date of the increase,
adjusted to the nearest 1⁄10 of 1 per centum.’’.
Subtitle C—Judges’ Contribution
SEC. 221. INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION.
(a) AMOUNT OF WITHHOLDING.—The first sentence
of section 11–1563(a), D.C. Code, is amended by inserting
after ‘‘per centum’’ the following: ‘‘(or, with respect to
each pay period which begins on or after October 1, 1995,
41⁄2 per centum)’’.
(b) COMPUTATION OF RETIREMENT SALARY.—Sec-
tion 11–1564(d)(1), D.C. Code, is amended by inserting
after ‘‘United States Code,’’ the following: ‘‘with respect
to services performed before October 1, 1995, and equal
to 41⁄2 per centum of such salary, pay, or compensation
with respect to services performed on or after October 1,
1995,’’.
TITLE III—EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 301. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.