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.

Allows a law enforcement officer who is involuntarily called or ordered to active duty or involuntarily retained on active duty for any period beginning on or after September 11, 2001, to receive credit for such period of active duty (as military service) under the Federal Employees Retirement System. Waives the requirement that such individuals deposit a specified percentage of basic pay received during such periods of military service to receive such credit.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6319 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6319

 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

                           September 29, 2010

 Mr. Carney (for himself and 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. 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. 2. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) In General.--The amendments made by section 1--
            (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 1 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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