DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NUCLEAR MATERIALS COURIERS.

SEC. 3154. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NUCLEAR MATERIALS COURIERS. (a) Maximum Age for Entry Into Nuclear Materials Courier Force.— Section 3307 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking “and (d)” and inserting “(d), (e), and (f)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(f) The Secretary of Energy may determine and fix the maximum age limit for an original appointment to a position as a nuclear materials courier, as defined by section 8331(27) or 8401(33).”. (b) Definition for Purposes of Civil Service Retirement System.— Section 8331 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (25); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (26) and inserting and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(27) ‘Nuclear materials courier’— “(A) means an employee of the Department of Energy, the duties of whose position are primarily to transport, and provide armed escort and protection during transit of, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapon components, strategic quantities of special nuclear materials or other materials related to national security; and “(B) includes an employee who is transferred directly to a supervisory or administrative position within the same Department of Energy organization, after performing duties referred to in subparagraph (A) for at least 3 years.”. (c) Deductions, Contributions, and Deposits Under CSRS.— (1) subsection (a)(1) of section 8334 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking “or member of the Capitol Police,” and inserting “member of the Capitol Police, or nuclear materials courier,”. (2) subsection (c) of that section is amended by adding after the item for a Member of the Capitol Police the following new item:112 STAT. 2255 “Nuclear materials courier 7 October 1, 1977 to the day before the date of the enactment of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999. 7.5 The date of the enactment of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to December 31, 1998. 7.75 January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999. 7.9 January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000. 8 January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002. 7.5 After December 31, 2002.”. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) or (k)(1) of section 8334 of title 5, United States Code, or section 7001(a) of Public Law105–33, during the period beginning on the effective date provided for under subsection (n)(1) and ending on September 30, 2002, the Department of Energy shall deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund on behalf of each nuclear materials courier from whose basic pay a deduction is made under such subsection (a)(1)during that period an amount equal to 9.01 percent of such basic pay, in lieu of the agency contributions otherwise required under such subsection (a)( 1) during that period. (d) Mandatory Separation Under CSRS.— Section 8335(b)of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the second sentence— (1) by inserting “or nuclear materials courier” after “law enforcement officer”; and (2) by inserting “or courier, as the case may be,” after “that officer”. (e) Immediate Retirement Under CSRS.— Section 8336(c)(1)of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking “or firefighter” and inserting “, firefighter, or nuclear materials courier”. (f) Definition for Purposes of Federal Employees’ Retirement System.— Section 8401 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (31); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (32)and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(33) ‘Nuclear materials courier’ has the meaning given that term in section 8331(27).”. (g) Immediate Retirement Under FERS.— Section 8412(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking “or firefighter” each place it appears in paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting “firefighter, or nuclear materials courier”. (h) Computation of Basic Annuity Under FERS.— Section8415(g) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting “nuclear materials courier,” after “firefighter”. (i) Deductions and Contributions Under FERS.— (1) Section 8422(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to a law enforcement officer, firefighter, member of the Capitol Police, or air traffic controller the following new item:112 STAT. 2256 “Nuclear materials courier 7 January 1, 1987 to the day before the date of the enactment of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999. 7.5 The date of the enactment of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to December 31, 1998. 7.75 January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999. 7.9 January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000. 8 January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001. 7.5 After December 31, 2002.”. (2) Contributions under subsections (a) and (b) of section 8423 of title 5, United States Code, shall not be reduced as a result of that portion of the amendment made by paragraph (1) requiring employee deductions at a rate in excess of 7.5 percent for the period beginning on January 1, 1999, and ending on December31, 2002. (j) Agency Contributions Under FERS.— Paragraphs (1)(B)(i)and (3)(A) of section 8423(a) of title 5, United States Code, are each amended by inserting “nuclear materials couriers,” after “fire—fighters,”. (k) Mandatory Separation Under FERS.— Section 8425(b)of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting “or nuclear materials courier” after “law enforcement officer” both places it appears in the second sentence. (l) Payments.— (1) The Department of Energy shall pay into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount determined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to be necessary to reimburse the Fund for any estimated increase in the unfunded liability of the Fund resulting from the amendments related to the Civil Service Retirement System under this section, and for any estimated increase in the supplemental liability of the Fund resulting from the amendments related to the Federal Employees Retirement System under this section. (2) The Department shall pay the amount so determined in five equal annual installments with interest computed at the rate used in the most recent valuation of the Federal Employees Retirement System. (3) The Department shall make payments under this subsection from amounts available for weapons activities of the Department. (m) Applicability.— subsections (b) through (1) shall apply only to an individual who is employed as a nuclear materials courier, as defined by section 8331(27) or 8401(33) of title 5, United States Code (as amended by this section), after the later of— (1) September 30, 1998; or (2) the date of the enactment of this Act. (n) Effective Dates.— (1) Except as provided in paragraph(2), the amendments made by this section shall take effect at the beginning of the first pay period that begins after the later of— (A) October 1, 1998; or (B) the date of the enactment of this Act. 112 STAT. 2257 (2) (A) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (B) The amendments made by subsections (d) and (k) shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.