{ "schemaVersion": "1.0", "id": "us-pl119-95", "recordVersion": 1, "title": "How did Public Law 119-95 change Capitol Police retirement?", "summary": "The law gives the Capitol Police Board discretion to defer an eligible member’s automatic separation to an age the Board determines between 57 and 62. Previously, the exemption could last only until age 60. It makes the same change in two retirement systems; it does not automatically let every officer work until 62.", "jurisdiction": "United States", "status": "enacted", "citation": "Public Law 119-95, 140 Stat. 833", "bill": "S. 4530 (119th Congress)", "enactedOn": "2026-05-29", "effectiveOn": null, "effectiveOnNote": "The act was approved on May 29, 2026 and contains no separate effective-date clause. This record does not independently establish a distinct effective date.", "publishedOn": "2026-10-18", "lastVerifiedOn": "2026-10-18", "coverage": { "scope": "The amendment in Public Law 119-95 and the text of 5 U.S.C. §§ 8335(c) and 8425(c) in two compared editions.", "limitations": [ "This is a dated comparison, not a continuously updated statement of current law or a complete amendment history.", "Only subsection (c) of each Code section is captured. Text outside those subsections is outside this record.", "The 2024 edition is a historical baseline. Its original effective date is not established here.", "This record does not establish individual officers’ eligibility, Board decisions, implementation dates, or effects on staffing.", "Source text has HTML removed and whitespace collapsed. Hashes identify this normalized UTF-8 text, not the original web response.", "Verification means the quoted passages and the exact substitutions were checked against the linked official documents; it is not a human legal review." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "public-law", "title": "Public Law 119-95, 140 Stat. 833", "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ95/html/PLAW-119publ95.htm", "publisher": "U.S. Government Publishing Office", "edition": "Enacted public law", "publishedOn": "2026-05-29", "observedOn": "2026-10-18", "text": "[119th Congress Public Law 95] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [[Page 140 STAT. 833]] Public Law 119-95 119th Congress An Act To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize an increase of the retirement age for members of the Capitol Police. <> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION TO INCREASE RETIREMENT AGE FOR MEMBER OF THE CAPITOL POLICE. (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8335(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``becomes 60 years of age'' and inserting ``attains an age determined by the Board, which shall be not less than 57 years of age and not more than 62 years of age''. (b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--Section 8425(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``becomes 60 years of age'' and inserting ``attains an age determined by the Board, which shall be not less than 57 years of age and not more than 62 years of age''. Approved May 29, 2026. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 4530: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 172 (2026): May 14, considered and passed Senate. May 19, considered and passed House. ", "sha256": "45d1d8551edd351afd265a6e201aeab73a9a4b921c9d4754deacfb5ab4f59c69" }, { "id": "usc-8335-before", "title": "5 U.S.C. § 8335(c): before amendment", "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title5/html/USCODE-2024-title5-partIII-subpartG-chap83-subchapIII-sec8335.htm", "publisher": "U.S. Government Publishing Office", "edition": "2024 U.S. Code", "publishedOn": null, "observedOn": "2026-10-18", "text": "(c) A member of the Capitol Police who is otherwise eligible for immediate retirement under section 8336(m) shall be separated from the service on the last day of the month in which such member becomes 57 years of age or completes 20 years of service if then over that age. The Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public interest so requires, may exempt such a member from automatic separation under this subsection until that member becomes 60 years of age. The Board shall notify the member in writing of the date of separation at least 60 days in advance thereof. Action to separate the member is not effective, without the consent of the member, until the last day of the month in which the 60-day notice expires.", "sha256": "bd9eaa291d729ba3b2fb8db114102bb67d9caffc0583da388e4f3d462a83ac0c" }, { "id": "usc-8335-after", "title": "5 U.S.C. § 8335(c): after amendment", "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t5/s8335/", "publisher": "Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "edition": "U.S. Code web edition, retrieved 2026-10-18", "publishedOn": null, "observedOn": "2026-10-18", "text": "(c) A member of the Capitol Police who is otherwise eligible for immediate retirement under section 8336(m) shall be separated from the service on the last day of the month in which such member becomes 57 years of age or completes 20 years of service if then over that age. The Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public interest so requires, may exempt such a member from automatic separation under this subsection until that member attains an age determined by the Board, which shall be not less than 57 years of age and not more than 62 years of age. The Board shall notify the member in writing of the date of separation at least 60 days in advance thereof. Action to separate the member is not effective, without the consent of the member, until the last day of the month in which the 60-day notice expires.", "sha256": "34ca1a3c0d6863a38e3f4dd2f5badc56720c348c8f5c1c340d8bb0587a34720b" }, { "id": "usc-8425-before", "title": "5 U.S.C. § 8425(c): before amendment", "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title5/html/USCODE-2024-title5-partIII-subpartG-chap84-subchapII-sec8425.htm", "publisher": "U.S. Government Publishing Office", "edition": "2024 U.S. Code", "publishedOn": null, "observedOn": "2026-10-18", "text": "(c) A member of the Capitol Police who is otherwise eligible for immediate retirement under section 8412(d)(1) shall be separated from the service on the last day of the month in which such member becomes 57 years of age or completes 20 years of service if then over that age. The Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public interest so requires, may exempt such a member from automatic separation under this subsection until that member becomes 60 years of age. The Board shall notify the member in writing of the date of separation at least 60 days before that date. Action to separate the member is not effective, without the consent of the member, until the last day of the month in which the 60-day notice expires.", "sha256": "daee9c7a3b54511097c58b81ee96e39f207add7538e9f4a3cc2d11968f9be073" }, { "id": "usc-8425-after", "title": "5 U.S.C. § 8425(c): after amendment", "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t5/s8425/", "publisher": "Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "edition": "U.S. Code web edition, retrieved 2026-10-18", "publishedOn": null, "observedOn": "2026-10-18", "text": "(c) A member of the Capitol Police who is otherwise eligible for immediate retirement under section 8412(d)(1) shall be separated from the service on the last day of the month in which such member becomes 57 years of age or completes 20 years of service if then over that age. The Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public interest so requires, may exempt such a member from automatic separation under this subsection until that member attains an age determined by the Board, which shall be not less than 57 years of age and not more than 62 years of age. The Board shall notify the member in writing of the date of separation at least 60 days before that date. Action to separate the member is not effective, without the consent of the member, until the last day of the month in which the 60-day notice expires.", "sha256": "5b5ad4d4a922e8c2310aaa8f144e8cd02049b996f27027be26d630fec127ad35" } ], "changes": [ { "id": "usc-8335-c", "citation": "5 U.S.C. § 8335(c)", "retirementSystem": "Civil Service Retirement System", "lawLocator": "Section 1(a)", "beforeSourceId": "usc-8335-before", "afterSourceId": "usc-8335-after", "removedText": "becomes 60 years of age", "addedText": "attains an age determined by the Board, which shall be not less than 57 years of age and not more than 62 years of age" }, { "id": "usc-8425-c", "citation": "5 U.S.C. § 8425(c)", "retirementSystem": "Federal Employees’ Retirement System", "lawLocator": "Section 1(b)", "beforeSourceId": "usc-8425-before", "afterSourceId": "usc-8425-after", "removedText": "becomes 60 years of age", "addedText": "attains an age determined by the Board, which shall be not less than 57 years of age and not more than 62 years of age" } ], "claims": [ { "id": "enacted", "text": "S. 4530 became Public Law 119-95, approved May 29, 2026.", "kind": "documented_fact", "evidence": [ { "sourceId": "public-law", "quote": "Approved May 29, 2026.", "locator": "Approval line; public-law heading identifies Public Law 119-95 and S. 4530", "relationship": "supports" } ] }, { "id": "board-discretion", "text": "The Capitol Police Board may set an exempted member’s separation age between 57 and 62 when it judges that the public interest requires the exemption.", "kind": "source_summary", "evidence": [ { "sourceId": "usc-8335-after", "quote": "The Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public interest so requires, may exempt such a member from automatic separation under this subsection until that member attains an age determined by the Board, which shall be not less than 57 years of age and not more than 62 years of age.", "locator": "5 U.S.C. § 8335(c), second sentence", "relationship": "supports" }, { "sourceId": "usc-8425-after", "quote": "The Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public interest so requires, may exempt such a member from automatic separation under this subsection until that member attains an age determined by the Board, which shall be not less than 57 years of age and not more than 62 years of age.", "locator": "5 U.S.C. § 8425(c), second sentence", "relationship": "supports" } ] }, { "id": "previous-limit", "text": "In the compared 2024 text, the Board’s exemption ended when the member became 60.", "kind": "source_summary", "evidence": [ { "sourceId": "usc-8335-before", "quote": "The Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public interest so requires, may exempt such a member from automatic separation under this subsection until that member becomes 60 years of age.", "locator": "5 U.S.C. § 8335(c), second sentence (2024 edition)", "relationship": "supports" }, { "sourceId": "usc-8425-before", "quote": "The Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public interest so requires, may exempt such a member from automatic separation under this subsection until that member becomes 60 years of age.", "locator": "5 U.S.C. § 8425(c), second sentence (2024 edition)", "relationship": "supports" } ] }, { "id": "two-systems", "text": "Section 1(a) amends the Civil Service Retirement System provision, 5 U.S.C. § 8335(c); section 1(b) makes the same substitution in the Federal Employees’ Retirement System provision, 5 U.S.C. § 8425(c).", "kind": "documented_fact", "evidence": [ { "sourceId": "public-law", "quote": "(a) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8335(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended", "locator": "Section 1(a)", "relationship": "supports" }, { "sourceId": "public-law", "quote": "(b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--Section 8425(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended", "locator": "Section 1(b)", "relationship": "supports" } ] }, { "id": "baseline-retained", "text": "The amendment changes the discretionary exemption. 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