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| 2 | 2 | | ____________________________ ______________________________ 2 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Councilmember Charles Allen Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie 3 |
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| 6 | 6 | | ____________________________ ______________________________ 6 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Councilmember Anita Bonds Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr 7 |
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| 10 | 10 | | ____________________________ ______________________________ 10 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Councilmember Janeese Lewis George Councilmember Brooke Pinto 11 |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL 15 |
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| 18 | 18 | | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 18 |
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| 21 | 21 | | To amend the Youth Employment Act of 1979 to provide that participation in a Marion S. 21 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Barry Summer Youth Employment Program will contribute to creditable service for 22 |
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| 23 | 23 | | purposes of retirement for a participant meeting the specified requirements who 23 |
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| 24 | 24 | | becomes a District government employee; and to amend the District of Columbia 24 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 to make a conforming 25 |
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| 26 | 26 | | amendment. 26 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act 28 |
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| 29 | 29 | | may be cited as the "Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program Creditable 29 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Service Benefit Amendment Act of 2025". 30 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 2. The Youth Employment Act of 1979, effective January 5, 1980 (D.C. Law 3 46; D.C. 32 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Official Code§ 32-241 et seq.), is amended by adding new sections 2d and 2e 10 read as 33 |
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| 34 | 34 | | follows: 34 |
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| 35 | 35 | | "Sec 2d. Creditable service. 35 |
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| 36 | 36 | | "Beginning with fiscal year 1980, participation in a SYEP will be credited toward 36 |
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| 37 | 37 | | required vesting periods in the District retirement program for a participant who becomes a 37 |
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| 38 | 38 | | District of Columbia government employee following the participant's successful completion 38 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of the SYEP. 39 "Sec. 2e. Definitions. 40 |
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| 40 | 40 | | "For the purposes of this act, the term: 41 |
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| 41 | 41 | | “(1) "Date of enrollment" means the date on which a participant enrolls in a 42 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SYEP. 43 |
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| 43 | 43 | | "(2) "Out-of-school" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 44 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2(46) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, approved July 22, 45 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2014 (128 Stat. 1429; 29 u.s.c.§3102(46). 46 |
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| 46 | 46 | | "(3) "Summer youth jobs" and "SYEP" mean the Marion S. Summer Youth 47 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Employment Program.". 48 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Sec. 3. Section 2604( I) of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit 49 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Personnel Act of 1978, effective October I, 1987 (D.C. Law 7-27; D.C. Official Code§ J. 50 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 626.04(I)), is amended by adding a new subparagraph (D) to read as follows: 51 |
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| 51 | 51 | | "(D) For the purposes of the Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment 52 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Program ("SYEP"), established pursuant to the Youth Employment Act of 1979, effective 53 |
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| 53 | 53 | | January 5, 1980 (D.C. Law 3-46; D.C. Official Code§ 32-241 et seq.) ("SYEP act"), for a 54 |
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| 54 | 54 | | participant of a SYEP who meets the requirements of section 2d of the SYEP act creditable 55 |
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| 55 | 55 | | service shall be calculated to include service beginning on the date of enrollment, as defined in 56 |
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| 56 | 56 | | section 2e of the SYEP act.". 57 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement. 58 |
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| 58 | 58 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 59 |
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| 59 | 59 | | impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 60 |
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| 60 | 60 | | approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code§ l-301.47a). 61 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Sec. 5. Effective date. 62 |
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| 62 | 62 | | This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by 63 |
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| 63 | 63 | | the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of Congressional 64 review as provided in section 602(c)(l) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 65 |
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| 64 | 64 | | December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code§ 1-206.02(c)(l), and publication in the 66 |
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| 65 | 65 | | District of Columbia Register. 67 |
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