A bill to amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize an increase of the retirement age for members of the Capitol Police.
Summary
What This Bill Does
S. 4530 makes matching changes to 5 U.S.C. 8335(c) and 8425(c), covering the Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees Retirement System. It replaces the age-60 limit on a Capitol Police Board exemption from automatic separation with a Board-determined age between 57 and 62. It does not automatically move every Capitol Police officer to retirement at 62. The underlying age-57 separation rule, applicable service requirements, and public-interest condition for an exemption are not rewritten.
Who Benefits and How
Capitol Police officers selected for a longer exemption can remain employed beyond the former age-60 limit, potentially retaining salary and accruing service. The Capitol Police Board gains discretion to retain experienced personnel for up to two additional years. Those outcomes depend on the Board exercising its authority; the bill gives no individual officer an unconditional right to continued employment.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Capitol Police Board must administer the changed exemption limit within the 57-to-62 range and remains subject to existing separation-notice requirements. Officers are still subject to the Board decision and ordinary retirement rules. Longer retention can affect payroll and retirement timing, but the text provides no appropriation, pension formula change, or quantified cost estimate. Prospective recruits are not directly restricted by the bill, so any effect on hiring or promotion openings is contingent rather than a statutory burden.
Key Provisions
- Expands the maximum permissible age for a Board-granted automatic-separation exemption from 60 to 62.
- Authorizes the Board to select an exemption-end age from 57 through 62 in both federal retirement systems.
- Amends only the exemption-end language, leaving the underlying separation and notice framework intact.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Allow the Capitol Police Board to set the end of a public-interest exemption from automatic separation at an age from 57 through 62 instead of the fixed age of 60.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Labor and Employment
Primary Purpose
Allow the Capitol Police Board to set the end of a public-interest exemption from automatic separation at an age from 57 through 62 instead of the fixed age of 60.
Policy Domains
A bill to amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize an increase of the retirement age for members of the Capitol Police.
Identified Gains
- Capitol Police officers
- Capitol Police Board
Identified Costs
- Capitol Police Board
- Capitol Police officers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Signed into LawBecame Public Law No: 119-95.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill …
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules …
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate …
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3557-3558)
Mr. Steil moved to suspend the rules and pass the …
Held at the desk.
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Capitol Police Board
Capitol Police Board faces effects in multiple directions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_board"
- → Capitol Police Board
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