text: SECTION 1. CONTINUATION OF SURVIVOR ANNUITIES FOR REMARRIED SPOUSES OF 
                FEDERAL PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF 
                DUTY.
  
      (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Public 
  Safety Officer Surviving Spouse Protection Act of 2005''.
      (b) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8341 of title 5, 
  United States Code, is amended--
              (1) in subsection (b)(3)(B) by striking ``subsection (k)'' 
          and inserting ``subsection (j)'';
              (2) in subsection (d) in clause (ii) of the last 
          undesignated sentence by striking ``subsection (k)'' and 
          inserting ``subsection (j)'';
              (3) in subsection (h)(3)(B)(i) by striking ``subsection 
          (k)'' and inserting ``subsection (j)''; and
              (4) by striking subsection (k) and inserting the following:
      ``(j)(1) In this subsection, the term `Federal public safety 
  officer' means--
              ``(A) a law enforcement officer; or
              ``(B) an employee participating under this chapter who is--
                      ``(i) a public safety officer as defined under 
                  section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
                  Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b); or
                      ``(ii) an employee of the Department of the 
                  Treasury who is performing official duties of the 
                  Department in an area, if those official duties--
                              ``(I) are related to a major disaster or 
                          emergency that has been, or is later, declared 
                          to exist with respect to the area under the 
                          Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
                          Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
                          seq.); and
                              ``(II) are determined by the Secretary of 
                          the Treasury to be hazardous duties.
      ``(2) Subsections (b)(3)(B), (d)(ii), and (h)(3)(B)(i) (to the 
  extent that they provide for termination of a survivor annuity because 
  of a remarriage before the age of 55 years) shall not apply if--
              ``(A) the widow, widower, or former spouse was married for 
          at least 30 years to the individual on whose service the 
          survivor annuity is based; or
              ``(B) in the case of a widow or widower the individual on 
          whose service the survivor annuity is based was a Federal 
          public safety officer who was killed in the line of duty.
      ``(3) A remarriage described under paragraph (2) shall not be taken 
  into account for purposes of section 8339(j)(5) (B) or (C) or any other 
  provision of this chapter which the Office may by regulation identify 
  in order to carry out the purposes of this subsection.''.
      (c) Federal Employees Retirement System.--Section 8442(d) of title 
  5, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and 
  inserting the following:
              ``(3)(A) In this paragraph, the term `Federal public safety 
          officer' means--
                      ``(i) a law enforcement officer; or
                      ``(ii) an employee participating under this chapter 
                  who is--
                              ``(I) a public safety officer as defined 
                          under section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control 
                          and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b); 
                          or
                              ``(II) an employee of the Department of the 
                          Treasury who is performing official duties of 
                          the Department in an area, if those official 
                          duties--
                                      ``(aa) are related to a major 
                                  disaster or emergency that has been, or 
                                  is later, declared to exist with 
                                  respect to the area under the Robert T. 
                                  Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
                                  Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
                                  seq.); and
                                      ``(bb) are determined by the 
                                  Secretary of the Treasury to be 
                                  hazardous duties.
              ``(B) Paragraph (1)(B) (relating to termination of a 
          survivor annuity because of a remarriage before the age of 55 
          years) shall not apply if--
                      ``(i) the widow or widower was married for at least 
                  30 years to the individual on whose service the 
                  survivor annuity is based; or
                      ``(ii) the individual on whose service the survivor 
                  annuity is based was a Federal public safety officer 
                  who was killed in the line of duty.''.
      (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
  effect on January 1, 1988, and apply only to remarriages which occur on 
  or after that date.
target: Federal Public Safety Officer Surviving Spouse Protection Act of 2005 - Revises the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to permit, effective as of January 1, 1988, and only for remarriages occurring on or after that date, remarried widows and widowers of Federal public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty to continue to receive a survivor annuity.
feat_title: A bill to amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that spouses of Federal public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty, may remarry and continue to receive a survivor annuity, and for other purposes.