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S. 1729, The Enhanced Financial Recovery and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2007
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
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S. 1729 would amend titles 18 and 28 of the United States Code to provide incentives for the prompt payments of debts owed to the United States and the victims of crime by imposing surcharges on unpaid judgments owed to the United States and to the victims of crime, to provide for offsets on amounts collected by the Department of Justice for Federal agencies, to increase the amount of special assessments imposed upon convicted persons, to establish an Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund to enhance, supplement, and improve the debt collection activities of the Department of Justice, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide to assistant United States attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers, and for authorized purposes.
Detailed Summary
Enhanced Financial Recovery and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2007 - Imposes surcharges for unpaid criminal monetary penalties and for unpaid balances on money judgments obtained by the United States.
Increases special assessments on persons convicted of certain criminal offenses against the United States.
Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Justice Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund to support Department of Justice debt collection activities.
Requires assistant U.S. attorneys to be treated in the same manner as federal law enforcement officers for purposes of federal employee retirement benefit provisions.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 6/28/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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J. Edgar
February 28, 2008, 1:34pm (report abuse)To provide the same retirement benefits to U.S. Attorney's as are received by Federal Law Enforcement Agents is an insult to those that are out on the front lines, have gone through the weapons and related training and risk their lives doing their job. Give Dept of Justice employees these benefits and they will work long enough to retire, then become defense attorneys and really cash in.
Western AUSA
August 1, 2008, 2:55pm (report abuse)It has been approximately one year since I became an AUSA. During that time we have had two death threats on those within our small office. Within the past couple years, one AUSA in our office received a call from a person stating they had been solicited to kill the AUSA. I have also watched and listened to defendant's who anger is directed at the AUSA publicly advocating for a harsh sentence, and not at the case agent who investigated the case and made the arrest. Certainly federal agents face substantial risk, "being on the front line," but AUSA's are law enforcement and it has been very evident since my employment that me and my family face a very real risk because of my job. Most AUSA's are very dedicated and do not "cash-in" and become defense attorney's. Just like federal agents, we took the position for more limited compensation, at risks to ourselves, and in service of the public.