An Act relating to sick leave benefits for officers and members of the Metropolitan Police Force of the District of Columbia, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the U.S. Park Police force, and the White House Police force
PL 88-471 (H.R.10215), enacted 08/21/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-471-AUG. 21, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
August 21, 1964 
[H. R. 10215] 
Public Law 88-471 
AN ACT 
Relating to sick leave benefits for oflicers and members of the Metropolitan 
Police force of the District of Columbia, the Fire Department of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the United States Park Police force, and the White House 
Police force. 
Sick leave bene-
fitsi extension. 
5 use 2061. 
Computation. 
Firefighting 
Division. 
"Service." 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That on and after 
the effective date of this Act the sick leave provisions of the Annual 
and Sick Leave Act of 1951 (65 Stat. 679) shall, except as other-
wise provided in this Act, be applicable to officers and members of the 
Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia, the Fire De-
partment of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police 
force, and the White House Police force. 
SEC. 2. Each officer and member of the Metropolitan Police force 
of the District of Columbia, the Fire Department of the District of 
Columbia (other than officers and employees of the firefighting divi-
sion) , the United States Park Police force, or the White House Police 
force so employed on the effective date of this Act shall be credited 
with an initial sick leave balance, which shall be computed as follows: 
The total length of service in terms of years, months, and days shall be 
determined and for each full year of such service, such officer or mem-
ber shall be credited with five days of sick leave; any period of such 
service amounting to less than one full year shall be divided into 
biweekly pay periods and for each such full biweekly pay period, such 
officer or member shall be credited with sick leave in the amount of five 
twenty-sixths of a day, but no credit shall be given for any remain-
ing portion of such total service amounting to less than one full bi-
weekly pay period. 
In any case in which the total amount of such 
sick leave so computed contains a fraction of a day, such total amount 
shall be rounded to the next highest full day. 
The maximum number 
of days of sick leave so credited to any such officer or member under 
this section shall be one hundred and forty-five days. 
SEC. 3. Each officer or member of the Firefighting Division of the 
Fire Department of the District of Columbia so employed on the ef-
fective date of this Act shall be credited with an initial sick leave bal-
ance which shall be computed as follows: The total length of service 
in terms of years, months, and days shall be determined and for each 
full year of such service, such officer or member shall be credited with 
four days of sick leave; any period of such service amounting to less 
than one full year shall be divided into biweekly pay periods and for 
each full biweekly pay period, such officer or member shall be credited 
with sick leave in the amount of four twenty-sixths of a day, but no 
credit shall be given for any remaining portion of such service amount-
ing to less than one full biweekly pay period. 
In any case in which 
the total amount of such sick leave so computed contains a fraction 
of a day, such total amount shall be rounded to the next highest full 
day. The maximum number of days of sick leave so credited to any 
such officer or member under this section shall be one hundred and 
sixteen days. 
SEC. 4. For the purpose of computing the initial sick leave balance 
as authorized in sections 2 and 3 of this Act, the term "service" as 
used in such sections shall include (1) periods of employment as an 
officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of 
Columbia, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the 
United States Park Police force, and the White House Police force, 
and (2) all other periods of employment under the Government of 
the United States or under the government of the District of Columbia 
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(including an^ corporations wholly owned or controlled by the United 
States), but in no case shall any such periods of employment for 
which sick leave accrual benefits were not provided or periods of 
military service be included in the computation of such initial sick 
leave balance. 
SEC. 5. (a) No sick leave shall be charged to the account of any formanL'of^di^y 
officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Depart- °™^"''^ ° 
ment of the District of Columbia or the United States Park Police 
force or the White House Police force for periods of absence due to 
injury or illness resulting from the performance of duty. 
(b) The determination of whether an injury or disease resulted 
from the performance of duty shall be made pursuant to regulations 
promulgated by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for 
officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire 
Department of the District of Columbia, by the Secretary of tlie 
Treasury for the White House Police force and by the Secretary of the 
Interior for the United States Park Police force. 
SEC. 6. (a) Section 202(b) (3) of the Annual and Sick Leave Act 
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of 1951, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2061(b) (3)), is hereby repealed. 
(b) Section 204(a) of such Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2063(a)), 
is amended by striking the period at the end thereof and inserting in 
lieu thereof a comma and the following: "except that' sick leave with 
pay shall accrue to each officer and member of the Firefighting Division 
of the Fire Departmentof the District of Columbia on the basis of two-
fifths of a day for each full biweekly pay period." 
(c) Section 204(c) of such Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2063(c)), 
is amended bv striking the period at the end thereof and inserting 
in lieu thereoi a comma and the following: "except that not to exceed 
twenty-four days of sick leave may be advanced to each officer and 
memtJer of the Firefighting Division of the Fire Department of the 
District of Columbia." 
(d) Section 205(e) of such Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2064(e)), is 
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amended by striking the period at the end thereof and inserting in 
lieu thereof a comma and the following: "except that whenever a 
former officer or member receiving a retirement annuity as provided 
under the Policemen and Firemen's Ketirement and Disability Act, 
as amended, is reemployed in any position subject to the provisions of 
this Act, his sick leave balance shall not be recredited to his account 
upon such subsequent reemployment." 
(e) Section 7 of the Act entitled "An Act to fix the salaries of 
officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force, the United 
States Park Police force, and the Fire Department of the District 
of Columbia", approved May 27, 1924 (43 Stat. 174), as amended 
(D.C. Code, sec. 4r-207), is amended by striking out the last sentence 
thereof. 
(f) Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Com-
mi^ioners of the District of Columbia to prescribe the area within 
which officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the 
Fire Department of the District of Columbia may reside", approved 
July 25, 1956 (70 Stat. 647; D.C. Code, sec. 4-409a), is amended by 
striking out the last three sentences thereof. 
SEC. 7. (a) The second paragraph under the heading "FOR METRO- 
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POLiTAN POLICE" in the Act of March 3,1897 (29 Stat. 6*^; D.C. Code, 
sec. 4r-179), is repealed. 
(b) The last sentence of the first paragraph under the heading 
"FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT" in the Act of March 3,1897 (29 Stat. 677; 
D.C. Code, sec. 4-408), is repealed. 
SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first pay 
Effective date. 
period which begins after January 1, 1964. 
Approved August 21, 19 64. 
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