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Union Calendar No. 433
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 633
[Report No. 105–755, Part I]
To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide that the annuities
of certain special agents and security personnel of the Department of
State be computed in the same way as applies generally with respect
to Federal law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 1997
Mr. DAVIS of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee
on Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
SEPTEMBER 28, 1998
Reported from the Committtee on International Relations with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
SEPTEMBER 28, 1998
Referral to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight extended for
a period ending not later than September 28, 1998
SEPTEMBER 28, 1998
Additional sponsors: Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. EVANS, Mr. MCGOVERN,
Mr. BERMAN, Mr. HORN, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. CLEM-
ENT, Mr. BRYANT, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. HOYER, Mr. WOLF, Mr. HALL
of Texas, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BATEMAN, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. CARDIN, Mr.
HINCHEY, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. WISE,
Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. DELAHUNT, and Mr. SHERMAN
SEPTEMBER 28, 1998
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight discharged; committed to
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 6, 1997]
A BILL
To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide that
the annuities of certain special agents and security per-
sonnel of the Department of State be computed in the
same way as applies generally with respect to Federal
law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Department of State
Special Agents Retirement Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE
RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.
(a) DEFINITION OF A SPECIAL AGENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 804 of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4044) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (13);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (14) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(15) ‘special agent’ means an employee of the
Department of State with a primary skill code of
2501—
‘‘(A) the duties of whose position—
‘‘(i) are primarily—
‘‘(I) the investigation, apprehen-
sion, or detention of individuals sus-
pected or convicted of offenses against
the criminal laws of the United States,
or
‘‘(II) the protection of persons
pursuant to section 2709(a)(3) of title
22, United States Code, against threats
to personal safety; and
‘‘(ii) are sufficiently rigorous that em-
ployment opportunities should be limited to
young and physically vigorous individuals,
as determined by the Secretary of State
pursuant to section 4823 of title 22, United
States Code;
‘‘(B) performing duties described in sub-
paragraph (A) before, on, or after the date of the
enactment of this paragraph; or
‘‘(C) transferred directly to a position
which is supervisory or administrative in nature