I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2254 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to include certain Federal positions 
within the definition of law enforcement officer for retirement purposes, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2015 
Mr. KING of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to include certain 
Federal positions within the definition of law enforce-
ment officer for retirement purposes, 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 ‘‘Law Enforcement Offi-
cers Equity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCLUDING CERTAIN POSITIONS WITHIN THE DEFI-
NITION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 
FOR PURPOSES OF RETIREMENT. 
(a) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (17) of section 
8401 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (C), and 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) an employee (not otherwise covered 
by this paragraph)— 
‘‘(i) the duties of whose position in-
clude the investigation or apprehension of 
individuals suspected or convicted of of-
fenses against the criminal laws of the 
United States; and 
‘‘(ii) who is authorized to carry a fire-
arm; 
‘‘(F) an employee of the Internal Revenue 
Service, the duties of whose position are pri-
marily the collection of delinquent taxes and the 
securing of delinquent returns; 
‘‘(G) an employee of the United States 
Postal Inspection Service; and 
‘‘(H) an employee of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs who is a Department police of-
ficer under section 902 of title 38;’’. 
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(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
8401(17)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A) and (B)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A), (B), (E), (F), 
(G), and (H)’’. 
(b) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Para-
graph (20) of section 8331 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended in the matter before subparagraph (A) by in-
serting after ‘‘position.’’ the following: ‘‘For the purpose 
of this paragraph, the employees described in the pre-
ceding provision of this paragraph (in the matter before 
‘including’) shall be considered to include an employee, not 
otherwise covered by this paragraph, who satisfies any of 
subparagraphs (E) through (H) of section 8401(17).’’. 
(c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply— 
(1) to any individual appointed as a law en-
forcement 
officer 
under 
section 
8331(20) 
or 
8401(17) of title 5, United States Code, (as the case 
may be), as amended this section, after the date of 
enactment of this Act; and 
(2) to any incumbent (as defined in section 
3(g)(2)), consistent with the requirements of section 
3. 
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SEC. 3. INCUMBENT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 
(a) TREATMENT OF SERVICE PERFORMED BY IN-
CUMBENTS.— 
(1) SERVICE ON OR AFTER DATE OF ENACT-
MENT.—Service performed by an incumbent on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be 
treated as service performed as a law enforcement 
officer under section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 
5, United States Code, (as the case may be), as 
amended by section 2. 
(2) SERVICE BEFORE DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 
Service performed by an incumbent before the date 
of the enactment of this Act shall, for purposes of 
subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 
5, United States Code, be treated as service per-
formed as a law enforcement officer under section 
8331(20) or 8401(17), (as the case may be), as 
amended by section 2, but only if a written election 
is submitted to the Office of Personnel Management 
within 5 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act or before separation from Government serv-
ice, whichever is earlier. 
(b) INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PRIOR SERV-
ICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An incumbent who makes an 
election under subsection (a)(2) may, with respect to 
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