To amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to treat domestic partnerships as marriage for purposes of the program of benefits paid by the Federal government for survivors of a District of Columbia police officer, firefighter, or teacher in the same manner and to the same extent that domestic partnerships are treated as marriage for purposes of such benefits which are paid by the District of Columbia, to conform the age limit after which a surviving spouse of a police officer, firefighter, or teacher may remarry without losing survivor benefits under such program to the age limit established with respect to survivor benefits of Federal employees, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · April 29, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
This bill makes technical corrections to the 1997 National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act to update survivor benefits for District of Columbia police officers, firefighters, and teachers. The legislation treats domestic partnerships the same as marriages for federal survivor benefits purposes, ensuring that domestic partners of deceased DC public safety and education workers receive the same benefits as spouses do. The bill also aligns DC survivor benefit rules with federal employee retirement programs by allowing surviving spouses to remarry after age 55 without losing their benefits, unless they remarried before age 55 and were not married to the deceased for at least 30 years. Additionally, the measure addresses technical issues related to annuity deposits for individuals with qualifying DC service who are covered under the federal Civil Service Retirement System. The bill contains no specified funding amounts or implementation timelines.
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