HR 2442 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act

Introduced Jun 12, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Bob Filner D-CA

Latest action · Jul 2, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.

Progress

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IntroducedJun 12, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act - Redefines the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) Federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm; and (2) such employees of the Internal Revenue Service whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns.

Requires that such service which is performed by an incumbent law enforcement officer be treated: (1) on or after the enactment date of this Act, for all purposes, as service performed as a law enforcement officer, irrespective of how such service is treated under the following; and (2) before, on, or after such date, for purposes of CSRS and FERS, as service performed as such an officer, but only if an appropriate written election is submitted to the Office of Personnel Management five years after such date or before separation from Government service, whichever is earlier.

Provides that nothing under current law respecting mandatory separation from Government service under CSRS or FERS shall cause the involuntary separation of an officer before the end of the three-year period beginning on such date.

Cosponsors 170

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2003 to Nov 20, 2004; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Jun 12, 2003
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Jul 10, 2003
R-NY	Jack Quinn		Jul 10, 2003
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Jul 10, 2003
D-MA	Barney Frank		Jul 14, 2003
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Jul 14, 2003
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Jul 14, 2003
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Jul 14, 2003
D-TX	Martin Frost		Jul 14, 2003
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Jul 14, 2003
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Jul 14, 2003
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jul 23, 2003
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Jul 23, 2003
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Jul 23, 2003
D-VA	James P. Moran		Jul 23, 2003
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		Jul 23, 2003
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Jul 23, 2003
D-FL	Peter Deutsch		Jul 23, 2003
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jul 23, 2003
D-PA	Tim Holden		Jul 23, 2003
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Sep 23, 2003
R-PA	Curt Weldon		Sep 23, 2003
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Sep 23, 2003
D-NC	David E. Price		Sep 23, 2003
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Sep 23, 2003
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Sep 23, 2003
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Sep 23, 2003
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher		Sep 23, 2003
D-TX	Gene Green		Sep 23, 2003
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Sep 23, 2003
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Sep 23, 2003
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Sep 23, 2003
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Sep 23, 2003
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Sep 23, 2003
R-NE	Lee Terry		Sep 23, 2003
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Sep 23, 2003
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 23, 2003
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Sep 23, 2003
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Sep 23, 2003
R-NY	Peter T. King		Sep 23, 2003
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Sep 23, 2003
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Sep 23, 2003
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Sep 23, 2003
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		Sep 23, 2003
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest		Sep 23, 2003
D-PR	Anibal Acevedo-Vila		Oct 30, 2003
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Oct 30, 2003
D-CA	Joe Baca		Oct 30, 2003
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Oct 30, 2003
D-CA	Lois Capps		Oct 30, 2003
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan		Oct 30, 2003
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Oct 30, 2003
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Oct 30, 2003
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Feb 24, 2004
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Feb 24, 2004
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Feb 24, 2004
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Feb 24, 2004
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Feb 24, 2004
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick		Feb 24, 2004
R-CT	Christopher Shays		Feb 24, 2004
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Feb 24, 2004
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Feb 24, 2004
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Feb 24, 2004
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Feb 24, 2004
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Feb 24, 2004
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka		Feb 24, 2004
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Feb 24, 2004
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Feb 24, 2004
D-CA	Jane Harman		Feb 24, 2004
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Feb 24, 2004
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Feb 24, 2004
R-IL	John Shimkus		Feb 24, 2004
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		Feb 24, 2004
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Feb 24, 2004
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Feb 24, 2004
R-FL	Mark Foley		Feb 24, 2004
D-MN	Martin Olav Sabo		Feb 24, 2004
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Feb 24, 2004
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty		Feb 24, 2004
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Feb 24, 2004
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Feb 24, 2004
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham		Feb 24, 2004
R-KY	Ron Lewis		Feb 24, 2004
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Feb 24, 2004
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Feb 24, 2004
R-VA	Tom Davis		Feb 24, 2004
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Feb 24, 2004
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Feb 24, 2004
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Feb 24, 2004
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Feb 24, 2004
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Mar 9, 2004
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Mar 9, 2004
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Mar 9, 2004
R-IN	John N. Hostettler		Mar 9, 2004
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Mar 9, 2004
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		Mar 9, 2004
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Mar 9, 2004
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Mar 9, 2004
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Mar 9, 2004
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Mar 9, 2004
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Mar 9, 2004
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		Mar 9, 2004
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Mar 18, 2004
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Mar 18, 2004
D-OR	David Wu		Mar 18, 2004
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Mar 18, 2004
D-IN	Julia Carson		Mar 18, 2004
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Mar 18, 2004
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Mar 18, 2004
D-WA	Adam Smith		Mar 29, 2004
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Mar 29, 2004
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Mar 29, 2004
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		Mar 29, 2004
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Mar 29, 2004
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Mar 29, 2004
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Mar 29, 2004
D-TX	Max Sandlin		Mar 29, 2004
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Mar 29, 2004
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Mar 29, 2004
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		Mar 29, 2004
D-TX	Nick Lampson		Mar 29, 2004
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Mar 29, 2004
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Mar 29, 2004
D-MA	Bill Delahunt		Apr 2, 2004
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Apr 2, 2004
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Apr 2, 2004
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Apr 2, 2004
D-CA	George Miller		Apr 2, 2004
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Apr 2, 2004
R-CO	Joel Hefley		Apr 2, 2004
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Apr 2, 2004
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		Apr 2, 2004
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Apr 2, 2004
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson		Apr 2, 2004
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Apr 2, 2004
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Apr 2, 2004
D-NM	Tom Udall		Apr 2, 2004
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		May 4, 2004
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		May 4, 2004
D-IN	Baron P. Hill		May 4, 2004
D-MI	Bart Stupak		May 4, 2004
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		May 4, 2004
D-WA	Brian Baird		May 4, 2004
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		May 4, 2004
D-MA	John W. Olver		May 4, 2004
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		May 4, 2004
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		May 4, 2004
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		May 4, 2004
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		May 6, 2004
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert		May 6, 2004
D-NY	Steve Israel		May 6, 2004
D-CA	Xavier Becerra		May 6, 2004
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		May 20, 2004
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis		May 20, 2004
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		May 20, 2004
D-VA	Rick Boucher		May 20, 2004
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jun 18, 2004
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly		Jun 18, 2004
D-GA	John Lewis		Jul 13, 2004
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Jul 13, 2004
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Jul 13, 2004
R-PA	Phil English		Jul 13, 2004
R-OH	Robert W. Ney		Jul 13, 2004
D-IL	Lane Evans		Sep 14, 2004
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Sep 28, 2004
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Nov 20, 2004
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Nov 20, 2004
D-CO	Mark Udall		Nov 20, 2004
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Nov 20, 2004
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Nov 20, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Jun 12, 2003
	Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee	Referred Jul 2, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 2, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Jun 18, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5537)
Jun 12, 2003Introduced in House
Jun 12, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H5537	Bob Filner D-CA	Jun 18, 2003

Research

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Printed hearings 4

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
—	DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 200533 pages	Appropriations Committee	Dec 31, 2004
Serial No. 108-52	CUSTOMS BUDGET AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER CUSTOMS ISSUES94 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Jun 17, 2004
S. Hrg. 108-705	DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005622 pages	Appropriations Committee	Feb 10, 2004–Mar 30, 2004
Serial No. 108-83	FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE POST SEPTEMBER 11 ERA: HOW CAN WE FIX AN IMBALANCED COMPENSATION SYSTEM?289 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Jul 23, 2003–Sep 11, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the definition of a law enforcement officer under subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, respectively, to ensure the inclusion of certain positions.
Short Titles as Introduced: Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act

Subjects

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Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 12, 2003Introduced in House

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