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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 272

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide civil service retirement

credit to a Federal employee for any period of service performed with

the American Red Cross abroad during a period of war.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 4, 1995

Mr. JACOBS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Government Reform and Oversight

A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide civil service

retirement credit to a Federal employee for any period

of service performed with the American Red Cross

abroad during a period of war.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. CREDITABILITY OF SERVICE.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8332 of title 5, United

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow6 ing:

7 ‘‘(o) Any employee who, during a period of war as

8 defined by section 1101 of title 38, leaves such employee’s
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1 position to serve with the American Red Cross abroad

2 shall, if such employee subsequently becomes employed or

3 reemployed in a position subject to this subchapter, be al4 lowed credit (as civilian service) for any such service

5 abroad during such period.’’.

6 (b) DEDUCTIONS AND DEPOSITS.—Section

7 8334(g)(6) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by

8 striking ‘‘section 8332(l)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (l) or

9 (o) of section 8332’’.

10 SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.

11 (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the amend12 ments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of

13 the enactment of this Act.

14 (b) APPLICABILITY.—Subject to subsection (c), the

15 amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to

16 annuities which commence before, on, or after the effective

17 date of this Act, except that no monetary benefit by reason

18 of such amendments shall accrue for any period before

19 such effective date.

20 (c) RECOMPUTATIONS.—

21 (1) APPLICATION REQUIREMENT.—An annuity

22 or survivor annuity based on the service of an em23 ployee who performed service described in section

24 8332(o) of title 5, United States Code, as added by

25 section 1, shall, upon application to the Office of
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1 Personnel Management, be recomputed in accord2 ance with such section 8332(o).

3 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECOMPUTED ANNU4 ITY.—Any recomputation of an annuity under para5 graph (1) shall apply with respect to months begin6 ning more than 30 days after the date on which ap7 plication for such recomputation is received by the

8 Office.

9 (d) NOTIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE

10 INDIVIDUALS.—

11 (1) NOTIFICATION.—The Office of Personnel

12 Management shall take such action as may be nec13 essary and appropriate to inform individuals entitled

14 to have any service credited under section 8332(o)

15 of title 5, United States Code, as added by section

16 1, or to have any annuity recomputed under sub17 section (c), of their entitlement to such credit or re18 computation.

19 (2) ASSISTANCE BY OPM.—The Office shall, on

20 request, assist any individual referred to in para21 graph (1) in obtaining from any department, agency,

22 or other instrumentality of the United States such

23 information possessed by such instrumentality as

24 may be necessary to verify the entitlement of such

25 individual to have any service credited under such
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1 section 8332(o) or to have any annuity recomputed

2 under subsection (c).

3 (3) ASSISTANCE BY OTHER AGENCIES.—Any

4 department, agency, or other instrumentality of the

5 United States which possesses any information with

6 respect to any service performed by any individual

7 as described in such section 8332(o) shall, at the re8 quest of the Office, furnish such information to the

9 Office.

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