Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Federal Protective Service Parity Act of 2014”.
Federal Protective Service Parity Act of 2014
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to apply certain annuity benefits to Federal Protective Service law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees Retirement System
Civil service retirement system—
in paragraph (31), by striking “and” at the end;
in paragraph (32), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(33) the term Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer means an employee in the Federal Protective Service of the Department of Homeland Security—
“(A) who holds a position within the GS–0083, GS–0080, GS–1801, or GS–1811 job series (determined applying the criteria in effect as of September 1, 2007) or any successor position; and
“(B) who are authorized to carry firearms and empowered to make arrests in the performance of duties related to the protection of buildings, grounds and property that are owned, occupied, or secured by the Federal Government (including any agency, instrumentality or wholly owned or mixed-ownership corporation thereof) and the persons on the property, including any such employee who is transferred directly to a supervisory or administrative position in the Department of Homeland Security after performing such duties in 1 or more positions (as described under subparagraph (A)) for at least 3 years.”
in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting “Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer,” before “or customs and border protection officer,”; and
in the table contained in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
Mandatory separation— The first sentence of section 8335(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting “Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer,” before “or customs and border protection officer”.
in subsection (c)(1), by inserting “Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer,” before “or customs and border protection officer”; and
in subsections (m) and (n), by inserting “as a Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer,” before “or as a customs and border protection officer,”.
Federal employees retirement system—
in paragraph (37), by striking “and” at the end;
in paragraph (38), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(39) “Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer” means an employee in the Federal Protective Service of the Department of Homeland Security—
“(A) who holds a position within the GS–0083, GS–0080, GS–1801, or GS–1811 job series (determined applying the criteria in effect as of September 1, 2007) or any successor position; and
“(B) who are authorized to carry firearms and empowered to make arrests in the performance of duties related to the protection of buildings, grounds and property that are owned, occupied, or secured by the Federal Government (including any agency, instrumentality or wholly owned or mixed-ownership corporation thereof) and the persons on the property, including any such employee who is transferred directly to a supervisory or administrative position in the Department of Homeland Security after performing such duties in 1 or more positions (as described under subparagraph (A)) for at least 3 years.”
Immediate retirement— Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 8412(d) of title 5, United States Code, are amended by inserting “Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer,” before “or customs and border protection officer,”.
Computation of basic annuity— Section 8415(i)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting “Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer,” before “or customs and border protection officer”.
Deductions from pay— The table contained in section 8422(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
in paragraph (1)(B)(i) by inserting “Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer,” before “customs and border protection officers,”; and
in paragraph (3)(A) by inserting “Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer,” before “customs and border protection officers,”.
Mandatory separation— Section 8425(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting “Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer,” before “or customs and border protection officer” the each place it appears.
Maximum age for original appointment— Section 3307 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(h) The Secretary of Homeland Security may determine and fix the maximum age limit for an original appointment to a position as a Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer, as defined in section 8401.”
Regulations— Any regulations necessary to carry out the amendments made by this section shall be issued by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Effective date; transition rules; funding—
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall become effective on the later of the first day of the first pay period of fiscal year 2015 or the first day of the first pay period beginning at least 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
Transition rules—
Nonapplicability of mandatory separation provisions to certain individuals— The amendments made by subsections (a)(3) and (b)(6), respectively, shall not apply to an individual first appointed as a Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer before the effective date under paragraph (1).
Treatment of prior Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer service—
General rule— Except as provided in clause (ii), nothing in this section shall be considered to apply with respect to any service performed as a Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer before the effective date under paragraph (1).
Exception— Service described in section 8331(33) and 8401(39) of title 5, United States Code (as amended by this section) rendered before the effective date under paragraph (1) may be taken into account to determine if an individual who is serving on or after such effective date then qualifies as a Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer by virtue of holding a supervisory or administrative position in the Department of Homeland Security.
Minimum annuity amount— The annuity of an individual serving as a Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer on the effective date under paragraph (1) pursuant to an appointment made before that date shall, to the extent that its computation is based on service rendered as a Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer on or after that date, be at least equal to the amount that would be payable to the extent that such service is subject to the Civil Service Retirement System or Federal Employees Retirement System, as appropriate, by applying section 8339(d) of title 5, United States Code, with respect to such service.
Rule of construction— Nothing in the amendment made by subsection (c) shall be considered to apply with respect to any appointment made before the effective date under paragraph (1).
Fees and authorizations of appropriations—
Fees— The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall adjust fees collected as necessary to ensure collections are sufficient to carry out amendments made in this section.
Authorization of appropriations— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.
Election—
Incumbent defined— For purposes of this paragraph, the term incumbent means an individual who is serving as a Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Notice requirement— Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall take measures reasonably designed to ensure that incumbents are notified as to their election rights under this paragraph, and the effect of making or not making a timely election.
Election available to incumbents—
In general— An incumbent may elect, for all purposes, either—
to be treated in accordance with the amendments made by subsection (a) or (b), as applicable; or
to be treated as if subsections (a) and (b) had never been enacted.
Failure to make a timely election— Failure to make a timely election under clause (i) shall be treated in the same way as an election made under clause (i)(I) on the last day allowable under clause (iii).
Deadline— An election under this subparagraph shall not be effective unless it is made at least 14 days before the effective date under paragraph (1).
Definition— For the purposes of this subsection, the term Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer has the meaning given such term by section 8331(33) or 8401(39) of title 5, United States Code (as amended by this Act).
Exclusion— Nothing in this section or any amendment made by this section shall be considered to afford any election or to otherwise apply with respect to any individual who, as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act—
holds a position within the Federal Protective Service; and
is considered a law enforcement officer for purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, by virtue of such position.