I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8679 To allow certain individuals with prior service under the District of Columbia retirement system to make deposits towards annuities under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement Sys- tem, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 23, 2020 Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To allow certain individuals with prior service under the District of Columbia retirement system to make deposits towards annuities under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. ANNUITY DEPOSIT FOR CERTAIN SERVICE. 3 Section 1905(a) of the National Defense Authoriza- 4 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84) is 5 amended— 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:50 Nov 07, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8679.IH H8679 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8679 IH (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Qualifying’’ 1 and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (4), 2 qualifying’’; and 3 (2) by adding at the end the following: 4 ‘‘(4) SERVICE DEPOSIT.— 5 ‘‘(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the 6 qualifying District of Columbia service of any 7 individual who makes a deposit under this para- 8 graph shall be taken into account for purposes 9 of computing the amount of any benefit payable 10 out of the Civil Service Retirement and Dis- 11 ability Fund under section 8348 of title 5, 12 United States Code. 13 ‘‘(B) Any individual— 14 ‘‘(i) who, pursuant to this section, has 15 qualifying District of Columbia service in- 16 cluded in calculating the individual’s cred- 17 itable service under section 8332, of title 5, 18 United States Code, may deposit an 19 amount equal to the product of the basic 20 pay received for that qualifying service 21 multiplied by the applicable percentage, or 22 percentages, in section 8334(c) of such 23 title, plus interest (computed in accordance 24 with section 8334(e) of such title); or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:50 Nov 07, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8679.IH H8679 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8679 IH ‘‘(ii) who, pursuant to this section, 1 has qualifying District of Columbia service 2 included in calculating the individual’s 3 creditable service under section 8411 of 4 such title may deposit an amount equal to 5 1.3 percent of basic pay received for that 6 qualifying service, plus interest (computed 7 in accordance with section 8334(e) of such 8 title). 9 ‘‘(C) For the purpose of survivor annuities, 10 deposits authorized by this paragraph may be 11 made by a survivor of an individual described in 12 subparagraph (B)(i) or (B)(ii). 13 ‘‘(D) Any deposit made under this para- 14 graph shall be credited to the Civil Service Re- 15 tirement and Disability Fund. 16 ‘‘(E) The Office of Personnel Management 17 shall issue such regulations as may be necessary 18 to carry out this paragraph.’’. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:50 Nov 07, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8679.IH H8679 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS