(H.R. 10761, 90th Cong., 1st sess., by Mr. McMillan, on June 12, 1967; H.R. 11278 by Mr. Mathias on June 29, 1967; H.R. 11435 by Mr. Machen on July 13, 1967: and H.R. 13980 by Mr. Broyhill on Nov. 13, 1967)

A BILL To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, to increase salaries, adjust pay alinement, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 101 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (D.C. Code, sec. 4-823) as amended, is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 101. The annual rates of basic compensation of the officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall be fixed in accordance with the following schedule of rates:

PROPOSED SALARY SCALE FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN

Subclass (b): Detective sergeant.

Subclass (c): Police sergeant assigned as motorcycle officer. 10, 355 10,695 11,035 11,375

1 H.R. 11435 provides the following proposed salary schedule for Class 4, combining subclasses (a) and (b) to give fire sergeants, police sergeants and detective sergeants the same pay under a new subclass (a); and continues the separate classification of police sergeant assigned as motorcycle officer, in subclass (b):

9,775 10, 115 10,455 10,795

10,285 10,625 10,965 11, 305

SEC. 2. The rates of basic compensation to officers and members to whom the amendment made by section 1 of this Act applies shall be adjusted in accordance with this section. Such rates of basic compensation shall be adjusted as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), (3), or (4), each officer and member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the effective date of this Act at one of the scheduled service rates of a class or subclass in the salary schedule in section 101 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding rate in effect on and after the effective date of this Act.

(2) Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the effective date of this Act at one of the scheduled longevity steps 7, 8, or 9, as the case may be, in classes 1 through 4, respectively, of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, shall receive a rate of basic compensation derived for his longevity step by the application of an additional step increase (to be known as a longevity step increase) beyond the maximum scheduled service step (as provided by section I of this Act) for each of the three longevity steps as heretofore scheduled and included in classes 1 through 4, respectively, of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended: Provided, That each officer or member serving in a maximum scheduled service step, or longevity step 7, or longevity step 8, as the case may be, as heretofore included in classes 1 through 4, respectively, of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, shall receive additionally a longevity step increase if he has completed one hundred and fifty-six calendar weeks of continuous active service, including service in the Armed Forces of the United States but excluding any period of time determined not to have been satisfactory service, in the step in which he was serving immediately prior to the effective date of this Act: Provided further, That any active service which each such officer or member has rendered in excess of the one hundred and fiftv-six calendar weeks of active service in the maximum service step, longevity step 7, or longevity step 8, as the case may be, in which he was serving immediately prior to the effective date of this Act will be credited to him for the next longevity step increase under the provisions of section 401 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended.

(3) Each private in service step 6, longevity step 7, or longevity step 8 in any subclass in class 1, upon completing a minimum of sixteen years of continuous service as a private, including service in the Armed Forces of the United States but excluding any period of time determined not to have been satisfactory service, shall be advanced to longevity step 9 in class 1, and receive the appropriate scheduled rate of basic compensation for such step in the subclass in which he is serving.

(4) Each private in service step 6 or longevity step 7 in class 1, upon completing a minimum of thirteen years of continuous service as a private, including service in the Armed Forces of the United States but excluding any period of time determined not to have been satisfactory service, shall be advanced to longevity step 8 in class 1, and receive the appropriate scheduled rate of basic compensation for such step in the subclass in which he was serving.

(5) Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the effective date of this Act at one of the scheduled longevity steps 7 or 8, as the case may be, in classes 5 through 9, respectively, of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, shall receive a rate of basic compensation derived for his longevity step by application of an additional step increase (to be known as a longevity step increase) beyond the maximum scheduled service step (as provided by section 1 of this Act), for each of the two longevity steps as heretofore scheduled and included in classes 5 through 9, respectively, of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended: Provided, That each officer or member serving in a maximum scheduled service step or longevity step 7, as the case may be, as heretofore included in classes 5 through 9, respectively, of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, shall receive additionally a longevity step increase if he has completed one hundred and fifty-six calendar weeks of continuous active service, including service in the Armed Forces of the United States, but excluding any period of time determined not to have been satisfactory service, in the step in which he was serving immediately prior to the effective date of this Act: Provided further, That any active service which each such officer or member has rendered in excess of the one hundred and fifty-six calendar weeks of active service in the maximum service step or longevity step 7, as the case may be, in which he was serving immediately prior to the effective date of this Act will be credited to him for the next longevity step increase under the provisions of section 401 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended.

(5) The officer assigned as Police Executive Officer and who is receiving basic compensation as such immediately prior to the effective date of this Act at the scheduled longevity step 8, class 9, subclass (b), shall receive a corresponding rate of basic compensation as an Assistant Chief of Police as established by section 1 of this Act and as provided for other officers and members in longevity step 8 of class 9, subclass (b) by subsection 3 of this section: Provided, That such officer shall receive $500 per annum additionally so long as he is assigned in the dual capacity of Police Executive Officer and Assistant Police Chief, and that such additional amount of compensation is to be included in any basic computation for retirement purposes under the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act (D.C. Code, sec. 4-527(1)): Provided further, That upon termination of the service of such officer, the provisions of this subsection are not to be applied to any other officer or member assigned as Assistant Chief of Police.

SEC. 3. (1) Any member upon entering the Police Department with a minimum of thirty college credit hours and upon the completion of one year probation will be entitled in addition to the scheduled salary as set forth in section 1 of this Act, an amount equal to $600, which will be considered a part of the basic salary: Provided, That any officer or member below the rank of Deputy Chief who has completed the one year probation with thirty college credits will be entitled to the additional compensation as set forth in paragraph (1) of this section.

(2) Any member upon entering the Police Department with sixty or more college credit hours and upon the completion of one-year probation will be entitled in addition to the scheduled salary as set forth in section 1 of this Act, an amount equal to $1,200.00, which will be considered a part of the basic salary: Provided, That any officer or member below the rank of Deputy Chief of Police who has completed the one-year probation with sixty or more college credit hours will be entitled to the scheduled salary as set forth in section 1 of this Act, an amount equal to $1,200.00, which will be considered a part of the basic salary.

(3) The qualifications which a person must possess prior to the receipt of the additional compensation set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this section shall be determined by and embodied in regulations adopted and promulgated by the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia in the case of the Metropolitan Police force, the Secretary of the Interior in the case of the United States Park Police force, and the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of the White House Police force: Provided, That the said Commissioners and the said Secretaries shall standardize such qualification requirements to the fullest extent possible.

SEC. 4. (a) Section 401 (a) of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 401. (a) In recognition of long and faithful service, each officer and member shall receive an additional step increase (to be known as a longevity step increase) beyond the maximum sheduled service step rate for the subclass in which he is serving, or for the class in which he is serving if there are no subclasses in his class for each one hundred and fifty-six calendar weeks of continuous service completed by him following the effective date of this Act at such maximum rate or at a rate in excess thereof, without change to a higher class, subject to all of the following conditions:

"(1) No officer or member shall receive more than one longevity step increase for any one hundred and fifty-six calendar weeks of continuous service, and in order to be eligible therefor he shall have a current performance rating of 'satisfactory' or better.

"(2) Not more than three successive longevity step increases may be granted to any officer or member in classes 1 through 4, nor more than two successive longevity step increases may be granted to any officer or member in classes 5 through 9.

"(3) Each longevity step increase shall be equal to one step increase of the class or subclass in which the officer or member is serving.

"(4) Each longevity step increase shall begin on the first day of the first pay period following completion of each one hundred and fifty-six weeks."

SEC. 5. Section 105 of the Act approved September 2, 1964 (76 Stat. 1239), is amended to read as follows:

"(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other law, each officer or member above the rank of private of the Metropolitan Police force and of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall, upon completion of thirty years of continuous service on the police force or fire department, as the case may be, including service in the Armed Forces of the United States, but excluding any period of time determined not to have been satisfactory service, be placed in, and receive basic compensation at, the highest longevity step in the class or subclass to which his position is assigned in the schedule of rates established by section 101 of this Act. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the payment of any retroactive compensation."

SEC. 6. This Act shall become effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

(H.R. 11149, 90th Cong., 1st sess., by Mr. Adams on June 26, 1967, and H.R. 6644 by Mr. Steiger on March 6, 1967)

A BILL To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 to increase salary rates and provide certain benefits for purposes of recruitment and retention of privates in the Metropolitan Police force, to establish the rank of master patrolman, to change the titles of certain Metropolitan Police officials, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the rates of basic compensation in class 1, subclasses (a), (b), and (c), of the salary schedule in section 101 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (D.C. Code, sec. 4-823), as amended, are amended to read as follows:

SEC. 2. Each private receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the effective date of this Act at one of the scheduled service or longevity rates of subclass (a), (b), or (c) in class 1 of the salary schedule in section 101 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, and to whom the amendment made by the first section of this Act applies, shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding scheduled service or longevity step in effect on and after the effective date of this Act.

SEC. 3. There is hereby established, in class 3 of the salary schedule in section 101 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, the rank of master patrolman. The qualifications which a person must possess prior to assignment to, and receipt of the rate of compensation for, the rank of master patrolman, shall be determined by and embodied in regulations adopted and promulgated by the Board of Commissioners of the District_of Columbia in the case of the Metropolitan Police force, the Secretary of the Interior in the case of the United States Park Police force, and the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of the White House Police force: Provided, That the said Commissioners and the said Secretaries shall standardize such regulations to the fullest extent possible.

SEC. 4. (a) The titles in subclass (b) of class 9 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, are amended to read as follows:

Subclass (b):

"Assistant Fire Chief

"Assistant Chief of Police

"Commanding Officer of the White House Police

"Commanding Officer of the United States Park Police”.

(b) The title of police executive officer now included in subclass (b) of class 9 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, shall be changed to the title of assistant chief of police, and the officer assigned as the police executive officer immediately prior to the effective date of this Act shall be assigned as an assistant chief of police at his corresponding rate of compensation, as provided by subclass (b), class 9, of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended.

SEC. 5. (a) The Commissioners are authorized, under regulations prescribed by them, to

(1) pay or reimburse an individual, as provided for civilian officers and employees by title 5, chapter 57, subchapter I, United States Code, for the expenses of travel, including per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses, in traveling between his home or place of business and the District of Columbia, for the purpose of ascertaining whether he is qualified for appointment to the position of private in the Metropolitan Police force;

(2) pay to a person newly appointed as a private in the Metropolitan Police force, who is required to relocate his place of residence in order to come within the area of residence for such employees prescribed by the Commissioners, in addition to any other payments authorized by law

(i) a cash resettlement allowance not to exceed $250, and

(ii) a per diem allowance not to exceed $7.50 per day for a period not to exceed ninety days beginning with the date of his appointment: Provided, That allowances authorized by this subsection shall not be allowed unless the person selected shall agree in writing to remain a member of the Metropolitan Police force for twenty-four months following his appointment unless separated for a reason which is (1) beyond his control, and (2) which is acceptable to the Commissioners. In case of violation of such agreement, any moneys expended by the District of Columbia on the allowances authorized by this subsection shall be recoverable from the individual concerned as a debt.

(b) Unobligated balances of applicable current appropriations are hereby made available to carry out the purpose of this section.

SEC. 6. This Act shall become effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act.