,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #d1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,bishop of ,utah 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,chaffetz1 ,mr4 ,matheson1 and ,mr4    
,stewart7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to increase the maximum  
age limit for an original appointment to
 a position as a ,federal law           
enforcement officer in the case of any  
individual who has been discharged or   
released from active duty in the ,armed 
,forces under honorable conditions1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,increase in   
maximum age limit  7a7 ,positions       
subject to ,,csrs ,section #ccjg7;d7 of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is     
amended--  7#a7 by striking 7d7 ,the and
 inserting 7d77#a7 ,except as provided  
in paragraph 7#b71 the2 and  7#b7 by    
adding at the end the following3  7#b7  
,the maximum limit of age within which  

an original appointment may be made to a
 position as a law enforcement officer  
7as defined by section #hcca7bj77 shall1
 in the case of an individual who1      
before the effective date of such       
appointment1 was discharged or released 
from active duty in the armed forces    
under honorable conditions1 be #dj years
 of age4  4  7b7 ,positions subject to  
,,fers ,section #ccjg7;e7 of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking     
,except as provided in paragraph 7#b71  
and inserting ,except as provided in    
paragraph 7#b7 or 7#c712 and  7#b7 by   
adding at the end the following3  7#c7  
,the maximum age limit for an original  
appointment to a position as a law      
enforcement officer 7as defined by      
section #hdja7ag77 shall1 in the case of
 an individual who1 before the effective
 date of such appointment1 was          
discharged or released from active duty 
in the armed forces under honorable     
conditions1 be #dj years of age4  4  #b4

 ,amendments to prevent mandatory       
separation before becoming eligible to  
retire  7a7 ,amendment relating to      
,,csrs ,section #hcce7;b7 of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7#c7  
,in the case of an employee who1 before 
the date of such employee's original    
appointment to a position as a law      
enforcement officer1 was discharged or  
released from active duty in the armed  
forces under honorable conditions1      
paragraph 7#a7 shall be applied--  7,a7 
by substituting #fj for #eg2 and  7,b7  
by substituting #fc years for #fj years4
  4  7b7 ,amendment relating to ,,fers  
,section #hdbe7;b7 of title #e1 ,united 
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7#c7 ,in the    
case of an employee who1 before the date
 of such employee's original appointment
 to a position as a law enforcement     
officer 7as defined by section #hcca7bj7
 or #hdja7ag771 was discharged or       
released from active duty in the armed  

forces under honorable conditions1      
paragraph 7#a7 shall be applied--  7,a7 
by substituting #fj for #eg2 and  7,b7  
by substituting #fc years for #fj years4
  4  #c4 ,effective date  7a7           
,amendments relating to maximum age     
limit ,the amendments made by section #a
 shall apply with respect to            
appointments made after the end of the  
#f-month period beginning on the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4  7b7       
,amendments relating to mandatory       
separation ,the amendments made by      
section #b shall apply with respect to  
individuals originally appointed as law 
enforcement officers 7within the meaning
 of the amendment made by subsection 7a7
 or 7b7 of section #b1 as appropriate7  
after the end of the #f-month period    
beginning on the date of the enactment  
of this ,act4