Capitol Police Retirement Reform Act of 2026

James R. Walkinshaw

Democrat · VA · Representative

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• Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5)Original· 2026-05-20

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.

2026-05-20

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Capitol Police officers would have overtime pay counted toward their retirement benefits, meaning officers who work extra hours could receive larger pension payments when they retire. Currently, overtime compensation is excluded from these retirement calculations, so this change would increase retirement income for Capitol Police members who regularly work beyond their standard hours.

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

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