I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1851 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to apply certain annuity benefits 
to Federal Protective Service law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 16, 2015 
Mr. CARSON of Indiana 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 apply certain 
annuity benefits to Federal Protective Service law en-
forcement 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 ‘‘Federal Protective 
Service Parity Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND FED-
ERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—Section 8331 of title 5, 
United States Code is amended— 
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(A) in paragraph (31), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (32), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(33) the term ‘Federal Protective Service law 
enforcement officer’ means an employee in the Fed-
eral Protective Service of the Department of Home-
land Security— 
‘‘(A) who holds a position within the GS– 
0083, GS–0080, GS–1801, or GS–1811 job se-
ries (determined applying the criteria in effect 
as of September 1, 2007) or any successor posi-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) who are authorized to carry firearms 
and empowered to make arrests in the perform-
ance of duties related to the protection of build-
ings, grounds and property that are owned, oc-
cupied, or secured by the Federal Government 
(including any agency, instrumentality or wholly 
owned or mixed-ownership corporation thereof) 
and the persons on the property, including any 
such employee who is transferred directly to a 
supervisory or administrative position in the 
Department of Homeland Security after per-
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forming such duties in 1 or more positions (as 
described under subparagraph (A)) for at least 
3 years.’’. 
(2) DEDUCTIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND DEPOS-
ITS.—Section 8334 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting 
‘‘Federal Protective Service law enforcement of-
ficer,’’ before ‘‘or customs and border protec-
tion officer,’’; and 
(B) in the table contained in subsection 
(c), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Federal Protective 
Service Law Enforce-
ment Officer 
7.5 
On or after the effective 
date in section 2(e) of 
the Federal Protec-
tive Service Parity 
Act of 2015.’’. 
(3) MANDATORY SEPARATION.—The first sen-
tence of section 8335(b)(1) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘Federal Protective 
Service law enforcement officer,’’ before ‘‘or customs 
and border protection officer’’. 
(4) IMMEDIATE RETIREMENT.—Section 8336 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘Fed-
eral Protective Service law enforcement officer,’’ 
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