Transfer of Library of Congress Police to the United States Capitol Police.

Sec. 1015. Transfer of Library of Congress Police to the United States Capitol Police. (a) Transfer of Library of Congress Police to the United States Capitol Police.—(1) Transfer of personnel and functions.—There are transferred to the United States Capitol Police—117 STAT. 363(A) each Library of Congress Police employee; and(B) any functions performed under the first section of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167) and section 9 of that Act (2 U.S.C. 167h) (as in effect immediately before the effective date of this section).(2) Effect on personnel.—(A) Annual and sick leave.—Any annual or sick leave to the credit of an individual transferred under paragraph (1) shall be transferred to the credit of that individual as an employee of the United States Capitol Police.(B) Service performed for retirement purposes.—For those Library of Congress Police employees transferred under paragraph (1)(A), any period of service performed by a Library of Congress Police employee shall be deemed to be service performed as a member of the United States Capitol Police for purposes of chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code. (C) Vacancies.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the date of enactment of this section and until completion of the transfer under paragraph (1), vacancies in Library of Congress police employee positions, if filled, shall be filled in accordance with the employment standards of the United States Capitol Police, to the extent practicable as determined by the Chief of the Capitol Police.(3) Effective date of transfer of personnel and functions.—Library of Congress employees transferred to the United States Capitol Police under paragraph (1)(A), and Library of Congress functions transferred under paragraph (1)(B) shall be transferred to the United States Capitol Police upon approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate and the appropriate authorizing committees. (b) Transition.—(1) Implementation plan.—(A) Plan.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress for approval, and to the Capitol Police Board and the Librarian of Congress, a plan—(i) describing the policies and procedures, and actions the Chief of the Capitol Police will take in implementing the transfer provisions under this section; (ii) establishing dates by which Library of Congress personnel and functions authorized to be transferred under subsection (a)(1) shall be transferred to the United States Capitol Police;(iii) in consultation with the Librarian of Congress, providing for the performance of law enforcement and protection functions relating to the buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress, including collections security, within the overall security responsibilities of the United States Capitol Police; (iv) recommending legislative changes needed to implement the transfers under subsection (a)(1), including—117 STAT. 364(I) identifying options for addressing how to apply United States Capitol Police retirement provisions to such transferred personnel;(II) identifying options related to providing voluntary separation incentives to transferred personnel; and(III) identifying options to ensure the Librarian of Congress maintains appropriate authority to execute his security responsibilities;(v) detailing the mechanisms to be used by the Chief of the Capitol Police for ensuring that Library of Congress employees transferred to the United States Capitol Police under subsection (a)(1) are not adversely affected by the transfer with respect to pay; (vi) addressing—(I) how United States Capitol Police training and qualification requirements will be applied to Library of Congress employees transferred under subsection (a)(1); and(II) the overall training needs of the merged police force; and(vii) providing an analysis of the cost implications of implementing the plan.(2) Implementation report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter until the transfer is fully implemented, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall prepare and submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress, the Capitol Police Board, and the Librarian of Congress, on the Chief of the Capitol Police’s progress in implementing the plan required in paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, including any adjustments to cost estimates or legislative changes needed to implement the provisions of this section.(c) Definitions.—In this section—(1) the term “Act of August 4, 1950” means the Act entitled “An Act relating to the policing of the buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress”, approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167 et seq.); and(2) the term “Library of Congress Police employee”—(A) means an employee of the Library of Congress designated as police under the first section of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167) (as in effect immediately before the effective date of this section); and (B) does not include any civilian employee performing police support functions.(d) Effective Date.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this section.