[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 630 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 630
To waive the annuity buyback requirement under the Federal Employees
Retirement Service with respect to certain law enforcement officers
involuntarily called or retained on active duty, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 10, 2011
Mr. Critz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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A BILL
To waive the annuity buyback requirement under the Federal Employees
Retirement Service with respect to certain law enforcement officers
involuntarily called or retained on active duty, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Law Enforcement Officers' Military
Service Act''.
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SERVICE ANNUITY BUYBACK
REQUIREMENT.
Section 8411(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and (5)'' and inserting
``(5), and (6)'';
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(6)(A) If, for any period beginning on or after September
11, 2001, a law enforcement officer is or was involuntarily
called or ordered to active duty under section 12301(a) of
title 10 (or any other provision of law) or involuntarily
retained on active duty under section 502(f) of title 32 (or
any other provision of law)--
``(i) such officer shall be allowed credit for such
period of active duty (as military service); and
``(ii) no deposit under section 8422(e) shall be
required for any period for which credit is so allowed.
``(B) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management
shall prescribe regulations to carry out this paragraph.''.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) In General.--The amendments made by section 2--
(1) shall apply to any annuity commencing on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) shall apply to any annuity commencing before the date
of enactment of this Act only if appropriate application is
made, in accordance with Office of Personnel Management
regulations, within 2 years after date of enactment of this
Act.
(b) Recomputation.--An annuity commencing before date of enactment
of this Act, for which appropriate application is made in accordance
with subsection (a)(2), shall be recomputed to reflect the amendments
made by section 2 with respect to amounts payable for months beginning
on or after the date on which such application is made.
(c) Survivor Annuity.--A survivor may submit an application
described in subsection (a)(2) for purposes of a survivor annuity to
which such survivor is entitled.
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