THE FEDERAL DIARY LAW ENFORCEMENT PENSION LIBERALIZED

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• Publication Date: July 16, 1974
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THE WAS G'TON
? The Federal Diary
Law Enforcement Pension Liberalized
The government's 40,000 law
enforcement personnel and
firefighters can now retire on
full pension at age 50 after 20
years of service.
public Law 93-350, signed by
the President late Friday, au-
thorizes the permanent early re-
tirement bonus, and eligible
employees who quit between
now and the end of the year
won't have to pay extra for it in
the form of higher pension plan
contributions.
Under the retirement system
in,effect until Mr. Nixon signed
the bill, law enforcement aides
and firefighters had the option
of retiring at age 50 after 20
years service if their agency and
the Civil Service Commission
;approved. They also had their
jIlifetime annuities reduced sub-
stantially for every year they
were under age 55.. That is all
'changed by the new law, a bene-
fit other, f^ppr d
certain to demand from the next
Congress.
The new legislation has van -
By
Mike
c'ausey
ous effective dates, even though
Mr. Nixon signed it July 12.
Highlights of the new bill, and
the effective date for each,
? It authorizes but does not
require the head of each agency
to fix minimum and maximum
age limits for law enforcement
personnel and firefighters ef-
fective July 12,1974.
? The requirement that CSC
approve the early retirement is
eliminated as of July 12.
? Beginning January, 1978,
law enforcement personnel and
firefighters will be mandatorily
separated at age 55 with 20
years service, except,
? Agency heads are author-
ized to exempt some individuals
from mandatory retirement un-
til age 60, if the 5 -year extension
is in the "public interest."
? Now (as of July 12) all em-
ployees in the law enforcement
firefighter category may retire
under the 50-20 formula with no
reduction in annuity because
they are less than 55 years old.
? Effective January, 1975, law
epforcement personnel and
firefighters will begin paying
more into the civil service re-
tirement fund to financ the
new benefit. Those workers,
teseV2Ol;'0 8/ '
pay 7 per cent o gross an 1
salary into the fund, and their
agencies pay a matching 7 per
cent. Next January, the agency
and employee mandatory rate
will go up to 7.5 per cent each.
? Effective July -12, 1974, the
new formula permits the eligi-
ble employee to compute his or
her retirement on the basis of
234 per cent of the high-three
year average salary' times 20
years. Service over 20 years will
be computed at the 2 pet cent
level. It would work this way:
To be eligible for the new.
early retirement benefit, the
lavv defines the estimated 41,000
persons as individuals "whose
primary duties are the investi-
gation, apprehension or deten-
tion of persons suspected of fed-
eral crimes, or the control or ex-
tinguishment of fires ... "
? A $10,000 a year law en-
forcement aide or firefighter
would multiply 2'h per cent
times his first 20 years of serv-
ice, to get 50 per cent, or an an-
nual pension of $5,000. If that
employee had three years of
service beyond age 50, he or she
would multiply 2 per cent times
the three years, getting six per
cent, or $600 additional, for a to-
tal annuity of $5,600 a year.
Premium pay for irregular,
unscheduled overtime is in-
cluded as part of basic pay, for
the first time, for the purposes
of computing an annuity. This
new benefit applies to law en-
forcement personnel. Federal
firefighters, paid under the
wage board (blue collar) system
already haavvepoveertiime -com-
efc~fi~e110~ o?`fltig
question mark, as federal offi-
cials still are trying to deter-
Army Material Comma: Of-
ficials say we missed the mark
yesterday in airing a secret government-
industry set of 270 pro-
posals which include, among
other things, the sale or lease of
the AMC Tank Automative Com?
mand to either Chrysler or Gen-
eral Motors. While such a pro-
posal is being studied. AMC
confirms, it would involve the
AMC tank factory in Detroit
rather than the much larger
tank command next door.
The government contractor
survey of AMC recommends, as
we reported, the shift of work
between some arsenals and the
phase-out of work at many
which it says are "underuti-
lized" If the sale or lease plan
is approvedeby the Pentagon,
the tank plant would be turned
over to whichever giant auto-
maker wins ]]ins the contract to build
~4vt~iv+4~=e tank.
he
plant which is owned by the gov-
ernment.
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April 24,
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, receiving
further testiimonyfrom the nominee.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Post Office and'Civil Service: Commit-
tee, in executive session, ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Robert E. Holding, of Wyoming, to be
a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service.
(CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT
1 Committee on Post O ffce and Civil Service: Committee
concluded hearings on H.R. 6o78, extending provisions
of law relating to civil service retirement of certain
employees engaged in hazardous occupations to cus-
toms and immigration inspectors; and H.R. 9281, to
provide improved retirement benefits for Federal law
enforcement and firefighting personnel, after receiving
testimony from Senators Percy and Dole; Representa-
tive Brasco; Thomas A. Tinsley, Director, Bureau of
Retirement, Insurance, and Occupational Health, Civil
Service Commission; John Ryan, Federal Criminal In-
vestigators' Association, Bristol, Conn.; W. H. McClen-
non, who was accompanied by Jack A. Waller and
Fred Schillreff, all representing the International Asso-
ciation of Firefighters, Washington, D.C.; Eugene Ros-
sides, Washington, D.C.; Joseph Gamble, Washington,
D.C.; Clyde M.' Webber, who was accompanied by
Carl Sadler and James H. Lynch, Jr., all representing
the American Federation of Government Employees,
AFL-CIO, Washington, b.C.; Nathan Wolkomir, Na-
tional Federation' of Federal Employees, Washington,
D.C.; John J. Murphy, National Customs Association,
Washington, D.C.; Mary Gereau, representing the Na-
tional Treasury'Ernplo ees' Union, Washington, D.C.;
Ordway P. Burden, New York City; and Edward J.
Kiernan, International Conference of Police Associa-
tions, Washington, D.C. -`_
Chamber Action
Bills Introduced. 53 public bills, H.R. 4332-14384; 2
private bills, H.R. 14385 and 14386; ~efid 5 resolutions,
H.J. Res. 986, H.'Con. Res. 481, an . Res. Io59-1061,
were introduced. Pages H 3195-H 3197
Bill Reported: One report ' s filed as follows: H.R
8193, to require That a perc tage of U.S. oil imports be
carried on U.S.-flag ve s, amended (H. Rept. 93-
1003)- Page H 3195
Late Report: mmittee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries recei ed permission to file a report by mid-
night tonight on H.R. 8193, to require that a percentage
of U.S,,oil imports be carried on U.S.-flag vessels.
;Page H 3093
WATER PROJECTS
Committee on Public Works: Subcommittee on W
Resources concluded hearings on three bills, aft
ceiving testimony as follows:
S. 2668, to modify the project for the Falls
Reservoir, Neuse River, N.C., with testim
Senator Helms; Dr. Arthur W. Cooper,
of Natural and Economic Resources, Sta
Carolina, Raleigh; Mayor Clarence Li
leigh; Mayor pro tempore Nathan Yel
N.C.; Mayor Fredrick Bond, of C
Howard E. Manning, Raleigh; i
S. 3141, authorizing construction o
way, Douglas County, Kans., wi
Senators Pearson and Dole; Wal
County Board of Commissioner
Rose, of Lawrence, Kans.; and
am and
y from
e of North
tner, of Ra-
n, of Garner,
ry, N.C.; and.
the Clinton Park-
testimony from
r Cragan, Douglas
Kans.; Mayor Jack
uck Fisher, Lawrence
*Chamber of Commerce, Kans.;And
S. 3262, to provide a facility` for a whitewater canoe-
kayak slalom course adjace
Meldahl locks and dam,
from Senator Taft; and
Olympic Kayak and Ca
Also, committee re
from Brig. Gen. Jam
Irvin Reisler, Chie
hio River, with testimony
rs. Robert McEwan, U.S.
e Committee.
ived testimony on these bills
s L. Kelly, Deputy Director, and
Planning Division, both of the
Office of Civil WArks, Army Corps of Engineers.
PAPERWORK URDEN
Select Com ittee on Small Business: Committee re-
sumed h rings on the Federal paperwork burden,
receivin testimony from Howard Schulte, Deputy As-
sistan ecretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and
He th; Laurence C. Brown, Cove-Craft, Inc., Laconia,
; and Charles O. Strickler, Rocco, Inc., Harrison-
urg, Va.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
Presidential Message-Foreign Aid: Received and
read a message from the President wherein he proposes
foreign aid legislation-referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. Doc. 93-293)
Pages H 3094-H 3096
Military Pay: By a voice vote, the House agreed to the
conference report on S. 2771, to revise the special pay
bonus structure relating to members of the Armed
Forces, clearing the measure for the President.
Pages H 3096-H 3097
Arms Control and Disarmament Authorization: By
a voice vote, the House passed H.R. I2799, to authorize
appropriations for the Arms Control and Disarmament
Act.
Agreed to the first three committee amendments.
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Rejected the fourth committee amendmert that H.R. 13998, National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
sought to require arms control impact statements (re- tration authorization (open rule, i hour debate) ;
jected by a recorded vote of, 152 ayes to 239.noes). and H.R. 11989, Fire Prevention and Contr Act (open
Civil Service Annuitants; By a yea-and ~nay vote of
296 yeas to 102 nays with 3 voting "present;" the House
passed S. 628, to eliminate the annuity reduction m,.de,
in order to provide a surviving spouse with an annuity,
during periods when the annuitant is not married.
Agreed to the committee amendment;
Agreed to an amendment to the committee amend-
ment that extends coverage to a spouse married for a
total of r_ year to the employee at the time of retirement
Committee Meetings
COTTON MARKETING SYSTE~P`
Committee on Agriculture. Su ommittee
continued hearings on the N ion.'s cotton
system with testimony from flnblic witnesses.
Hearings continue tomory w.
on Cotton
marketing
Agree to amend the title of the bill. Committee on Agric ture: Subcommittee on Oilseeds
H acs 1a10, the rule under which the bill was con- and Rice held a he, ing on. the peanut program and
sidered was agreed-to-earlier by ;;t yea-and~nay vote of heard testimony fr public witnesses.
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and the time of death; and PEANUT PROGRAM
3 yeas to 3o nays with 2 voting present.
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Public Safety Officers' Benefit;;: By a yea-and-nay
vote of 320 yeas to 54 nays, the House passed H.lt.
1132x, to provide benefits to, survivors of certain public
safety officers who die in the performance of duty.
Rejected a motion to recommit the bill to the Coni-
mittee on the Judiciary(rejected by a recorded vote of
77 ayes to 30o noes),
Agreed to the committee ammendmnents.
Rejected:
A substitute amendment that contains the provisions
of H.R
64
9;
.
4
An amendment that sought to make the bill effect ve
on the date of enactment in lieu of October 1?, 197:
jected by a recorded vote of 187 ayes to 191 noes , any
An amendment that sought to require the ederal
Government to pay a gratuity equal to tha rovidcd
by a State or local government not to exceedA combined
total of $5o,ooo (rejected by a division vote; of 48 ayes
Subsequently, this passage was -va ted and S. 15, a
similar Senate-passed bill was passed in lieu after being
amended to contain the languagic'of the House bill a;
passed. Agreed to amend the titk of the Senate bill.
H. Res. 1056, the rule unc -r which the bill was con.,
sidered, was agreed to ear er by a voice vote.
Pages H 3119-H 31:0
Referrals: wo Sena -passed measures were refcrre .
to the appropriate H se committees. Page H 3195
Program fd'i Thursday: Met. at noon and adjourned at Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on
7:44 p.m.,.4ntil noon on Thu,-sday, April 25,wllen the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government held
House will consider H.R. 13959, National Science Foun- a hearing on. the Administrative Conference of the
dation authorization (open rule, is hour of debate); United States.
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Quorum Calls otes: One quorum call, three ye