CBP Officer Enhanced Retirement Benefits

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-07-22 — First Responder Fair RETIRE Act: cross-connection with first-responder-fair-retire-act: CBP officers are among the covered first-responder categories whose CSRS/FERS special retirement treatment is preserved under the Fair RETIRE rule. (novelty: 2)
2025-12-17 — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act: S727 (U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act, introduced) would extend proportional enhanced retirement annuity eligibility to CBP officers who received a tentative employment offer before July 6, 2008 but entered on duty on or after that date, direct OPM to retroactively recompute annuities using a DHS-compiled list, and authorize DHS to retroactively waive mandatory retirement so affected officers can access the benefit. (novelty: 2)