HR 4657 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004

Introduced Jun 23, 2004 Originated House Became Public Law 108-489 Sponsor Tom Davis R-VA

Latest action · Dec 23, 2004 Became Public Law No: 108-489.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 23, 2004
Passed HouseSep 28, 2004
Passed SenateDec 8, 2004
To the PresidentDec 16, 2004
Became lawDec 23, 2004Public Law 108-489

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 28, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to establish in the Treasury the District of Columbia Teachers, Police Officers, and Firefighters Federal Pension Fund (D.C. Federal Pension Fund) consisting of transfers of all: (1) District of Columbia Federal Pension Liability Trust Fund obligations to make Federal benefit payments; and (2) assets of such Trust Fund and the Federal Supplemental District of Columbia Pension Fund.

Specifies the use of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund, including but not limited to: (1) making Federal benefit payments; and (2) financing Federal obligations for future benefits.

Transfers as of October 1, 2004: (1) all obligations to make Federal benefit payments from the Trust Fund to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund; and (2) all assets of the Trust Fund and all assets of the Federal Supplemental Fund to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make annual Federal payments into the D.C. Federal Pension Fund from the general fund of the Treasury.

Provides for the administration of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund by a Pension Fund Trustee selected by the Secretary.

Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Pension Fund Trustree to provide for the auditing of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund's assets, the making of such Federal benefit payments, and such other matters as the Secretary deems appropriate.

Authorizes the Pension Fund Trustee, with the Secretary's approval, to enter into one or more subcontracts with the District government or any person to provide services to the Pension Fund Trustee in connection with its performance of the contract.

Permits the Secretary to determine, in the interest of economy and efficiency, with respect to any function otherwise to be performed by the Pension Fund Trustee, that such function shall be performed by the Secretary.

Applies the same specified Federal law to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund that applied to the Trust Fund before October 1, 2004.

Terminates the Trust Fund and the Federal Supplemental Fund upon transfer of all their assets and obligations to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund.

(Sec. 3) Sets forth procedures for resolving denied benefit claims with respect to the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund.

Treats misappropriation of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund as a Federal crime.

(Sec. 4) Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide that the Chief Financial Officer shall not administer the retirement system for police officers, fire fighters, and teachers.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2004 to Jul 19, 2004; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer	Original	Jun 23, 2004
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jul 19, 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 23, 2004Markup Jul 21, 2004

Actions 15

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 23, 2004Signed by President.
Dec 23, 2004Became Public Law No: 108-489.
Dec 16, 2004Presented to President.
Dec 9, 2004Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 8, 2004Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12027-12028)

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In the Congressional Record 2

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
Senate	Debate and remarks S12027	William H. Frist R-TN	Dec 8, 2004
House	Debate and remarks H7705–H7707Text printed H7705	Danny K. Davis D-IL, Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Steny H. Hoyer D-MD, Tom Davis R-VA	Sep 28, 2004

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 4

Aug 16, 2004H.R. 4657, District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on July 21, 2004</p>
Aug 16, 2004H.R. 4657, District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on July 21, 2004
Aug 1, 2004H.R. 4657, District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on July 12, 2004</p>
Aug 1, 2004H.R. 4657, District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on July 12, 2004

Titles 5

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to improve the administration of Federal pension benefit payments for District of Columbia teachers, police officers, and fire fighters, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004
Short Titles as Passed House: District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004
Short Titles as Passed Senate: District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004
Short Titles as Enacted: District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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