Capitol Police Retirement Reform Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8949 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8949

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to include certain overtime pay 
    received by members of the Capitol Police in the computation of 
          annuities for such members, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2026

  Mr. Walkinshaw (for himself and Mr. Hoyer) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and 
in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend title 5, United States Code, to include certain overtime pay 
    received by members of the Capitol Police in the computation of 
          annuities for such members, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Capitol Police Retirement Reform Act 
of 2026''.

SEC. 2. FLSA OVERTIME COMPENSATION INCLUDED AS BASIC PAY OF MEMBERS OF 
              CAPITOL POLICE.

    (a) In General.--Section 8331(3) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (I), by inserting ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following:
                    ``(J) with respect to a member of the Capitol 
                Police, overtime pay received on or after the date of 
                enactment of this subparagraph for overtime under the 
                Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et 
                seq.) by operation of section 102(a)(1) of the 
                Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
                1302(a)(1)), for up to an amount equal to 50 percent of 
                any annual statutory maximum in overtime pay for 
                customs officers set pursuant to section 5(c)(1) of the 
                Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1));''; and
            (4) in the undesignated matter following subparagraph (J) 
        (as added by paragraph (3)), by striking ``subparagraphs (B) 
        through (I) of this paragraph'' and inserting ``subparagraphs 
        (B) through (J) of this paragraph,''.
    (b) Implementation.--
            (1) In general.--Section 8415 of title 5, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o)(1) No part of overtime pay (as described in section 
8331(3)(J)) paid to a member of the Capitol Police shall be treated as 
basic pay for purposes of any computation of an annuity under this 
section, unless, before the date of the separation on which entitlement 
to annuity is based, the separating individual has completed at least 
15 years of service (whether performed before, on, or after the date of 
the enactment of this subsection).
    ``(2) If the condition under paragraph (1) is met, then any amounts 
received by the individual in the form of such overtime pay shall (for 
the purposes referred to in paragraph (1)) be treated as basic pay, but 
only to the extent that such amounts are attributable to service 
performed on or after the date of the enactment of this subsection.
    ``(3) All amounts received as overtime pay (as described in section 
8331(3)(J)) shall, to the extent attributable to service performed on 
or after the date of the enactment of this subsection, be treated as 
basic pay for purposes of computing--
            ``(A) an annuity under section 8452; and
            ``(B) a survivor annuity under subchapter IV, if based on 
        the service of an individual who dies before separating from 
        service.''.
            (2) Information.--Not less than once every year following 
        the date of enactment of this section, the United States 
        Capitol Police shall provide information to the Office of 
        Personnel Management for the purposes of carrying out this 
        section and the amendments made by this section, including 
        information used to determine the normal-cost percentage (as 
        that term is defined in section 8401 of title 5, United States 
        Code).
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