http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1661.html#41514 I spent 20 years with the US Secret Service Uniformed Division, all that time we were told once we retired our retirement would be based on current employees pay. That all changed in 2001 when we were excluded from raise at the request of the Secret Service. This bill will correct this and restore what the government promised for 20 years.... 41514@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1661.html#41492 I and a great many other law enforcement personnel, retired from the US Secret Service Uniformed Division and the US Park Police, are being adversely affected by Congress' failure to act and pass this bill for the last 7 years. Legislation to provide pay raises to our active duty officers in 2001 was passed, however retirees were for the first time excluded. This legislation will correct this inequality and restore these raises to this group of retired police officers. The passage of this bill is very important and must be addressed by the Congress immediatley.... 41492@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1661.html#41454 The Secret Service Uniformed Divison has a long and proud history beginning with the creation of the White House Police in 1921. Since that time, this organization has grown in size and in it's capabilities. We do not have direct bargaining ability, and our salaries and benefits are set by Congress. Over time, our members have enjoyed the benefits of pay raises which are passed on to our retired members. Legislation to provide pay raises to our active duty officers in 2001 was passed, however retirees were for the first time excluded. This legislation will correct this inequality and restore these raises to this group of retired police officers.... 41454@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1661.html#41366 The passage of this bill will fix a flaw in a previous bill and restore the retirement benefits of a few dedicated public servants that did nothing but risk their lives on a daily basis to keep the President and his family alive and the streets of Washington DC safe.... 41366@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1661.html#41386 How would any Congress person or Senate person like to come up for retirement thinking that they will recieve a big retirement and somebody tells them they only get half of what they worked for, or maybe they should live on what Social Security would gives them. If my retirement dont get improved Ill be on food stamps and welfare both. I wonder how the hill would feel if the general public voted on who got what amount at retirement, maybe the hill would do a lot better job at what they were elected for.... 41386@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1661.html#41277 After 28+ years with the US Secret Service/Uniformed Division, and working long and many overtime hours, we its members were promised by US law an "equalization clause" enacted by Congress in 1923, that we the members would recieve what the active members recieve when we retired. In 2001, the US Secret Service back doored its UD members and had them cut out of the pay raise that we waited for for 10 years. 10 years without a across the board pay raise and our parent organization cut us out. I thought that we were all one family. It seems that this was only true when it came to hard work, overtime and the jobs that special agents didnt want to do. The Director of the USSS seems to want to take more care of his special agents that the first line personel. Maybe Congress should see what a agents retirement is compared to a Officers retirement. Time to do something. Vote yes and send this site to your friends and family of hard working police officers.... 41277@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1661.html#41279 H.R. 1661, Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment Equity Act of 2007. The Bill should be passed for the betterment of my retirement for my family.... 41279@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1661.html#41282 I served with some of these men and women from the two departments being considered under the above bill. With respect to their service to their country and protecting the citizens of the District of Columbia, some of their government carrers started in the jungles of Vietnam and ended in the streets of Washington DC spanning more than 30 years. Your own families were made safe when visiting the District by these same dedicated professionals and patriots who wore their departments uniform.... 41282@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1661.html#41327 HR 1661 should be passed as soon as possible. The dedicated professionals that served their country and the District of Columbia by being members of the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division deserve this. We put in long and hard hours to keep our protectees safe and we did it with pride. We deserve by law to be paid for our hard work.... 41327@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1661.html#38927 This Bill is a direct adjustment of the past retirement system, in that Congress gave their WORD, as a condition of employment, all future Pay Acts would include the retirees in equaliztion for pay. Failure of Congress to address this properly and expeditously is an outright RENEGE on the part of Congress for which they need to be held due accounting of.... 38927@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_HR_1661.html?rev=6570 <p>H.R. 1661 would amend the Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 to permit certain annuitants of the retirement programs of the United States Park Police and United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to receive the adjustments in pension benefits to which such annuitants would otherwise be entitled as a result of the conversion of members of the United States Park Police and United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to a new salary schedule under the amendments made by such Act.</p> <h2 id="toc0"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 to apply a prohibition against treatment of the conversion of positions and members of the U.S. Park Police and the Secret Service Uniformed Division to a new salary schedule, and the associated initial adjustments in basic pay rates, with respect to any payment made prior to January 1, 2007, as an increase in salary for purposes of increased annuitant pension benefits. (Thus permits cost-of-living adjustments in pension benefits for annuitants of the U.S. Park Police and the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division for payments made in 2007 and in subsequent years.)</p> <!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc1"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>Latest Major Action: 4/16/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.</p> <!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc2"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc3"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 6570@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_HR_1661.html?rev=1586 <p>H.R. 1661 would amend the Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 to permit certain annuitants of the retirement programs of the United States Park Police and United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to receive the adjustments in pension benefits to which such annuitants would otherwise be entitled as a result of the conversion of members of the United States Park Police and United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to a new salary schedule under the amendments made by such Act.</p> <h2 id="toc4"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 to apply a prohibition against treatment of the conversion of positions and members of the U.S. Park Police and the Secret Service Uniformed Division to a new salary schedule and the associated initial adjustments in basic pay rates with respect to any payment made prior to January 1, 2007, as an increase in salary for purposes of increased annuitant pension benefits (thus permits cost-of-living adjustments in pension benefits for annuitants of the U.S. Park Police and the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division for payments made in 2007 and in subsequent years.)</p> <!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc5"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>Latest Major Action: 3/22/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.</p> <!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc6"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc7"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 1586@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_HR_1661.html?rev=1587 <p>H.R. 1661 would amend the Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 to permit certain annuitants of the retirement programs of the United States Park Police and United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to receive the adjustments in pension benefits to which such annuitants would otherwise be entitled as a result of the conversion of members of the United States Park Police and United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to a new salary schedule under the amendments made by such Act.</p> <h2 id="toc8"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 to apply a prohibition against treatment of the conversion of positions and members of the U.S. Park Police and the Secret Service Uniformed Division to a new salary schedule and the associated initial adjustments in basic pay rates with respect to any payment made prior to January 1, 2007, as an increase in salary for purposes of increased annuitant pension benefits (thus permits cost-of-living adjustments in pension benefits for annuitants of the U.S. Park Police and the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division for payments made in 2007 and in subsequent years.)</p> <!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc9"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>Latest Major Action: 4/16/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.</p> <!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc10"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc11"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 1587@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1661.html 4/16/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives. 22459@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1661.html 3/22/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 19252@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT