To permit nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia courts, employees transferred to the Pretrial Services, Parole, Adult Probation, and Offender Supervision Trustee, and employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service to have periods of service performed prior to the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 included as part of the years of service used to determine the time at which such employees are eligible to retire under chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Court, Offender 
Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees Equity Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR SERVICE OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED 
              FROM DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SERVICE TO FEDERAL SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--Any individual serving as an employee or Member 
(as those terms are defined by section 8401 of title 5, United States 
Code) on or after the date of enactment of this Act who performed 
qualifying District of Columbia service shall be entitled to have such 
service included in calculating the individual's creditable service 
under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, but only for 
purposes of the following provisions of such title:
            (1) Section 8410 (relating to eligibility for annuity).
            (2) Section 8412 (relating to immediate retirement).
            (3) Section 8413 (relating to deferred retirement).
            (4) Section 8414 (relating to early retirement).
            (5) Subchapter IV of chapter 84 (relating to survivor 
        annuities).
            (6) Subchapter V of chapter 84 (relating to disability 
        benefits).
    (b) Service Not Included in Computing Amount of Any Annuity.--
Qualifying District of Columbia service shall not be taken into account 
for purposes of computing the amount of any benefit payable out of the 
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.

SEC. 3. QUALIFYING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SERVICE DEFINED.

    In this Act, ``qualifying District of Columbia service'' means any 
of the following:
            (1) Service performed by an individual as a nonjudicial 
        employee of the District of Columbia courts--
                    (A) which was performed prior to the effective date 
                of the amendments made by section 11246(b) of the 
                Balanced Budget Act of 1997; and
                    (B) for which the individual did not ever receive 
                credit under the provisions of subchapter III of 
                chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code 
                (other than by virtue of section 8331(1)(iv) of such 
                title).
            (2) Service performed by an individual as an employee of an 
        entity of the District of Columbia government whose functions 
        were transferred to the Pretrial Services, Parole, Adult 
        Supervision, and Offender Supervision Trustee under section 
        11232 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997--
                    (A) which was performed prior to the effective date 
                of the individual's coverage as an employee of the 
                Federal Government under section 11232(f) of such Act; 
                and
                    (B) for which the individual did not ever receive 
                credit under the provisions of subchapter III of 
                chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code 
                (other than by virtue of section 8331(1)(iv) of such 
                title).
            (3) Service performed by an individual as an employee of 
        the District of Columbia Public Defender Service--
                    (A) which was performed prior to the effective date 
                of the amendments made by section 7(e) of the District 
                of Columbia Courts and Justice Technical Corrections 
                Act of 1998; and
                    (B) for which the individual did not ever receive 
                credit under the provisions of subchapter III of 
                chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code 
                (other than by virtue of section 8331(1)(iv) of such 
                title).
            (4) In the case of an individual who was appointed to a 
        position in the Federal Government under the priority 
        consideration program established by the Bureau of Prisons 
        under section 11203 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, service 
        performed by the individual as an employee of the District of 
        Columbia Department of Corrections--
                    (A) which was performed prior to the effective date 
                of the individual's coverage as an employee of the 
                Federal Government; and
                    (B) for which the individual did not ever receive 
                credit under the provisions of subchapter III of 
                chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code 
                (other than by virtue of section 8331(1)(iv) of such 
                title).

SEC. 4. CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE.

    The Office of Personnel Management shall accept the certification 
of the appropriate personnel official of the government of the District 
of Columbia concerning whether an individual performed qualifying 
District of Columbia service and the length of the period of such 
service the individual performed.

Summary: District of Columbia Court, Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees Equity Act of 2008 - Entitles any individual serving as a federal or congressional employee or a Member of Congress who performed qualifying District of Columbia (D.C.) service to have such service included in calculating such individual's creditable service under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), but only for purposes of specified sections of FERS.

Defines "qualifying D.C. service" to mean certain service performed by an individual as: (1) a D.C. court nonjudicial employee; (2) an employee of an entity of the D.C. government whose functions were transferred to the Pretrial Services, Parole, Adult Supervision, and Offender Supervision Trustee under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997; (3) an employee of the D.C. Public Defender Service; and (4) an employee of the D.C. Department of Corrections that was appointed to a position in the federal government under the priority consideration program established by the Bureau of Prisons.

Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to accept the certification of the appropriate personnel official of the D.C. government concerning qualifying service.