Senate Committee Advances Legislation to Fix Retirement Error for CBP Officers

In May, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) favorably reported the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act, S. 311. The bill would make good on promised enhanced retirement benefits for more than 1,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers who saw their benefits reversed after a technical error was discovered. The bill received approval by all senators present.

In 2007, a law was passed making CBP officers eligible for enhanced law enforcement officer retirement as a tradeoff for mandatory retirement at age 57, increased retirement contributions, and a 20-year service requirement. A transitional system was put in place for the new retirement

THE BILL WOULD MAKE GOOD ON PROMISED ENHANCED RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR MORE THAN 1,000 CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION (CBP) OFFICERS WHO SAW THEIR BENEFITS REVERSED AFTER A TECHNICAL ERROR WAS DISCOVERED.

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Mail coupon and/or check payable to NARFE-PAC to: NARFE-PAC system for any officer hired before and serving on July 6, 2008. These officers could retire before 20 years of service under the new retirement system, receive a proportional enhanced retirement benefit for their post-July 2008 work, and were not bound by the mandatory retirement age. However, CBP erroneously told officers who were hired before July 6, 2008, but with later start dates, that they would also be eligible for the proportional enhanced benefit without needing to work for 20 years.

In 2020, CBP discovered this error and required the more than 1,000 CBP officers

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