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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1124
To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide
that, for civil service retirement purposes, inspectors of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service, inspectors and canine enforcement officers
of the United States Customs Service, and revenue officers of the Inter-
nal Revenue Service shall be treated in the same way as law enforcement
officers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 3, 1995
Mr. COLEMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States
Code, to provide that, for civil service retirement pur-
poses, inspectors of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service, inspectors and canine enforcement officers of
the United States Customs Service, and revenue officers
of the Internal Revenue Service shall be treated in the
same way as law enforcement officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
(a) TREATMENT
AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
CERS.—Section 8331(20) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘administrative position.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘administrative position, and any revenue officer,
customs inspector, customs canine enforcement officer,
and Immigration and Naturalization inspector.’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 8331 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(25);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (26) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(27) ‘revenue officer’ means an employee of
the Internal Revenue Service, the duties of whose
position are primarily the collection of delinquent
taxes and the securing of delinquent returns, includ-
ing an employee engaged in this activity who is
transferred to a supervisory or administrative posi-
tion;
‘‘(28) ‘customs inspector’ means an employee of
the United States Customs Service, the duties of
whose position are primarily to—
‘‘(A) enforce laws and regulations govern-
ing the importing and exporting of merchan-
dise;
‘‘(B) process and control passengers and
baggage;
‘‘(C) interdict smuggled merchandise and
contraband; and
‘‘(D) apprehend (if warranted) persons in-
volved in violations of customs laws,
including an employee engaged in this activity who
is transferred to a supervisory or administrative po-
sition;
‘‘(29) ‘customs canine enforcement officer’
means an employee of the United States Customs
Service, the duties of whose position are primarily to
work directly with a dog in an effort to—
‘‘(A) enforce laws and regulations govern-
ing the importing and exporting of merchan-
dise;
‘‘(B) process and control passengers and
baggage;
‘‘(C) interdict smuggled merchandise and
contraband; and
‘‘(D) apprehend (if warranted) persons in-
volved in violations of customs laws,
including an employee engaged in this activity who
is transferred to a supervisory or administrative po-
sition; and
‘‘(30) ‘Immigration and Naturalization inspec-
tor’ means an employee of the Immigration and Nat-
uralization Service, the duties of whose position are
primarily the controlling and guarding of the bound-
aries and borders of the United States against the
illegal entry of aliens, including an employee en-
gaged in this activity who is transferred to a super-
visory or administrative position.’’.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
(a) TREATMENT
AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
CERS.—Section 8401(17) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘such term
includes any revenue officer, customs inspector, customs
canine enforcement officer, and Immigration and Natu-
ralization inspector;’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 8401 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(31);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (32) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(33) ‘revenue officer’ means an employee of
the Internal Revenue Service, the duties of whose
position are primarily the collection of delinquent
taxes and the securing of delinquent returns, includ-
ing an employee engaged in this activity who is
transferred to a supervisory or administrative posi-
tion;
‘‘(34) ‘customs inspector’ means an employee of
the United States Customs Service, the duties of
whose position are primarily to—
‘‘(A) enforce laws and regulations govern-
ing the importing and exporting of merchan-
dise;
‘‘(B) process and control passengers and
baggage;
‘‘(C) interdict smuggled merchandise and
contraband; and
‘‘(D) apprehend (if warranted) persons in-
volved in violations of customs laws,
including an employee engaged in this activity who
is transferred to a supervisory or administrative po-
sition;
‘‘(35) ‘customs canine enforcement officer’
means an employee of the United States Customs
Service, the duties of whose position are primarily to
work directly with a dog in an effort to—
‘‘(A) enforce laws and regulations govern-
ing the importing and exporting of merchan-
dise;
‘‘(B) process and control passengers and
baggage;
‘‘(C) interdict smuggled merchandise and
contraband; and
‘‘(D) apprehend (if warranted) persons in-
volved in violations of customs laws,
including an employee engaged in this activity who
is transferred to a supervisory or administrative po-
sition; and
‘‘(36) ‘Immigration and Naturalization inspec-
tor’ means an employee of the Immigration and Nat-
uralization Service, the duties of whose position are
primarily the controlling and guarding of the bound-
aries and borders of the United States against the
illegal entry of aliens, including an employee en-
gaged in this activity who is transferred to a super-
visory or administrative position.’’.
(A) the deductions from pay which would
have been required for such service had such
amendments then been in effect; exceeds
(B) the amounts actually deducted from
such pay (less any amounts refunded and not
repaid),
with interest.
(2) AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.—Not later than
90 days after the full amount required under para-
graph (1) has been paid by an individual, the agency
that employed such individual during the period of
service to which such amount relates shall pay into
the Fund, with interest, an amount equal to the
amount by which—
(A) the Government contributions which
would have been required for such service, had
such amendments then been in effect; exceeds
(B) the Government contributions actually
made for such service.
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man-
agement shall prescribe such regulations as may be nec-
essary to carry out this Act, including regulations for de-
termining the amount of any interest to be paid under this
section.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section—
(1) each of the terms ‘‘revenue officer’’, ‘‘cus-
toms inspector’’, ‘‘customs canine enforcement offi-
cer’’, and ‘‘Immigration and Naturalization inspec-
tor’’ has the meaning given it by section 8331 or
8401 (as the case may be) of title 5, United States
Code, as amended by this Act; and
(2) the term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund under section 8348
of title 5, United States Code.
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