National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 Technical Corrections Act of 2026

This bill changes the federally paid survivor benefits program for District of Columbia police officers, firefighters, and teachers. It would treat surviving domestic partners the same way the District's own retirement benefits already treat them, as if they were spouses. It would let surviving spouses keep benefits after remarrying, unless they remarry before age 55, with an exception for those married at least 30 years to the worker; a similar 30-year exception is added for widows and widowers of D.C. judges. It also lets certain federal employees, or their survivors, pay a deposit so that past D.C. government service counts toward their federal retirement annuity.

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• Eleanor Holmes Norton Democrat sponsor
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