29.103—Definitions.
Act means Subtitle A, Subchapter B
of Chapter 4 of Subtitle C, and Chapter 3 of
Subtitle H, of Title XI of the Balanced Budget Act
of 1997, Public Law 105-33, 111 Stat. 251,
712-731, 756-759, as amended.
Benefits Administrator means:
(B)
The Department, if a determination is made
under sections 11035(d) or 11085(d) of the Act
that, in the interest of economy and efficiency,
the function of the Trustee shall be performed by
the Department rather than the Trustee; or
(C)
Any other agent of the Department
designated to make initial benefit determinations
and/or to recover or recoup or waive recovery or
recoupment of overpayments of Federal Benefit
Payments, or to recover or recoup debts owed to
the Federal Government by annuitants; or
(B)
The Department, if a determination is made
under section 11251(a) of the Act that, in the
interest of economy and efficiency, the function
of the Trustee shall be performed by the
Department rather than the Trustee; or
(C)
Any other agent of the Department
designated to make initial benefit determinations
and/or to recover or recoup or waive recovery or
recoupment of overpayments of Federal Benefit
Payments, or to recover or recoup debts owed to
the Federal Government by annuitants.
District government means the
government of the District of Columbia.
Department means the United States
Department of the Treasury.
Federal Benefit Payment means a
payment for which the Department is responsible
under the Act, to which an individual is entitled
under the Judges Plan, the Police and Firefighters
Plan, or the Teachers Plan, in such amount and
under such terms and conditions as may apply under
such plans, including payments made under these
plans before, on, or after the October 1, 1997,
effective date of the Act. Service after June 30,
1997, shall not be credited for purposes of
determining the amount of any Federal Benefit
Payment under the Teachers Plan and the Police and
Firefighters Plan.
Freeze date means June 30, 1997.
Judges Plan means the retirement
program (under subchapter III of chapter 15 of
title 11 of the D.C. Code) for judges of the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals or Superior
Court or with judicial service with the former
Juvenile Court of the District
of Columbia, District of Columbia Tax Court,
police court, municipal court, Municipal Court of
Appeals, or District of Columbia Court of General
Sessions.
OPM means the United States Office
of Personnel Management.
Police and Firefighters Plan means
any of the retirement programs (under chapter 6 of
title 4 of the D.C. Code) for members of the
Metropolitan Police Force and Fire Department in
effect on June 29, 1997.
Reconsideration means the process of
reexamining an individual's entitlement to
benefits or liability for a debt to determine
whether—
Retirement Funds means the District
of Columbia Teachers, Police Officers, and
Firefighters Federal Pension Fund established
under section 11081 of the Act, the District of
Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity
Fund established under section 11252 of the Act,
and their predecessor funds.
Secretary means the Secretary of the
United States Department of the Treasury or his or
her designee.
Teachers Plan means any of the
retirement programs for teachers (under chapter 12
of title 31 of the D.C. Code) in effect on June
29, 1997.
Legal process means—
(1)
Any document that qualifies as legal
process as defined in § 581.103 of Title 5, Code
of Federal Regulations; or
(2)
Any court order that Federal or District of
Columbia law permits to cause all or any portion
of a payment under the Judges Plan, the Police and
Firefighters Plan, or the Teachers Plan to be made
to a former spouse under chapter 30 of title 1 of
the D.C. Code (1997).
Representative payee means a
fiduciary to whom a payment under the Judges Plan,
the Police and Firefighters Plan, or the Teachers
Plan is made for the benefit of a plan participant
or a survivor.