[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5205 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5205

To amend the District of Columbia Retirement Protection Act of 1997 to 
   permit the Secretary of the Treasury to use estimated amounts in 
  determining the service longevity component of the Federal benefit 
 payment required to be paid under such Act to certain retirees of the 
      Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2002

 Mrs. Morella introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the District of Columbia Retirement Protection Act of 1997 to 
   permit the Secretary of the Treasury to use estimated amounts in 
  determining the service longevity component of the Federal benefit 
 payment required to be paid under such Act to certain retirees of the 
      Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PERMITTING USE OF ESTIMATED AMOUNTS IN DETERMINING SERVICE 
              LONGEVITY COMPONENT OF FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO 
              METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT RETIREES.

    (a) In General.--Section 11012(e) of the District of Columbia 
Retirement Protection Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; sec. 1-803.02(e), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
``The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to estimate the 
additional compensation for service longevity for purposes of 
determining the amount of a Federal benefit payment for annuitants who 
retire on or after August 29, 1972, and on or before December 31, 2001, 
and to make Federal benefit payments based upon such estimates.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of title IX of division A 
of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by reference 
in section 1(a)(4) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001).
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