FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS DESCRIBED.

SEC. 11012. FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS DESCRIBED. (a) In General.—Subject to the succeeding provisions of this subtitle, a “Federal benefit payment” is any benefit payment to which an individual is entitled under a District Retirement Program, in such amount and under such terms and conditions as may apply under such Program. (b) Treatment of Service Occurring After Freeze Date.—Service after the freeze date shall not be credited for purposes of determining the amount of any Federal benefit payment. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect the crediting of such service for any other purpose under the District Retirement Program. (c) Special Rule Regarding Disability Benefits.—To the extent that any portion of a benefit payment to which an individual is entitled under a District Retirement Program is based on a determination of disability made by the District of Columbia Retirement Board or the Trustee after the freeze date, the Federal benefit payment determined with respect to the individual shall be an amount equal to the deferred retirement benefit or normal retirement benefit the individual would receive if the individual left service on the day before the commencement of disability retirement benefits. (d) Special Rule Regarding Certain Death Benefits.— (1) In general.—In the case of a benefit payment to which an individual is entitled under a District Retirement Program which is payable on the death of a covered District employee or former covered District employee and which is not determined by the length of service of the employee or former employee, the Federal benefit payment determined with respect to the individual shall be equal to the pre-freeze date percentage of the amount otherwise payable. (2) Pre-freeze date percentage defined.—In paragraph (1), the “pre-freeze date percentage” with respect to a covered District employee or former covered District employee is the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient of— (A) the number of months of the covered District employee’s or former covered District employee’s service prior to the freeze date; divided by (B) the total number of months of the covered District employee’s or former covered District employee’s service.