Calendar No. 566

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4190

AN ACT

To designate the building located at 41–42 Norre

Alvaro de Lugo Post Office.of the United States Postal Service, as theperiod of time during which it houses operationsGade in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, for the

AUGUST 12 (legislative day, AUGUST 11), 1994

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the

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Calendar No. 566

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4190

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

AUGUST 12 (legislative day, AUGUST 11), 1994

Reported by Mr. GLENN, with an amendment and an amendment to the title

[Insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT

To designate the building located at 41–42 Norre Gade in

Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, for the period of time

during which it houses operations of the United States

Postal Service, as the Alvaro de Lugo Post Office.

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

3 SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

4 The building located at 41–42 Norre Gade in Saint

5 Thomas, Virgin Islands, shall, for the period of time dur6 ing which it houses operations of the United States Postal

7 Service, be known and designated as the ‘‘Alvaro de Lugo

8 Post Office’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

2 Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,

3 paper, or other record of the United States to the building

4 referred to in section 1 shall, with respect to the period

5 referred to in section 1, be deemed to be a reference to

6 the Alvaro de Lugo Post Office.

7 SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN POSTAL EMPLOYEES FROM

8 FEDERAL RETIREMENT PROVISIONS RELAT9 ING TO REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS.

10 (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section

11 8344 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding

12 at the end the following:

13 ‘‘(m)(1) For the purpose of this subsection—

14 ‘‘(A) the term ‘postal annuitant’ means any in15 dividual who becomes an annuitant by reason of re16 tirement from the United States Postal Service;

17 ‘‘(B) the term ‘rural postmaster’ means the post18 master of any post office which provides regular post19 al services to any rural areas, communities, or small

20 towns; and

21 ‘‘(C) the term ‘rural letter carrier’ means an em22 ployee of the United States Postal Service occupying

23 a position the regular duties of which involve the col24 lection and delivery of mail on a rural route.

25 ‘‘(2)(A) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any

26 postal annuitant receiving an annuity from the Fund while
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1 such annuitant is employed by the United States Postal

2 Service, on a temporary basis, as a rural postmaster or

3 rural letter carrier, subject to subparagraph (B).

4 ‘‘(B) This subsection shall not, in the case of any postal

5 annuitant, have the effect of excluding from the application

6 of subsections (a) and (b) more than—

7 ‘‘(i) 90 days of service in any calendar year; or

8 ‘‘(ii) a total of 180 days of service.’’.

9 (b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—

10 Section 8468 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by

11 adding at the end the following:

12 ‘‘(j)(1) For the purpose of this subsection—

13 ‘‘(A) the term ‘postal annuitant’ means any in14 dividual who becomes an annuitant by reason of re15 tirement from the United States Postal Service;

16 ‘‘(B) the term ‘rural postmaster’ means the post17 master of any post office which provides regular post18 al services to any rural areas, communities, or small

19 towns; and

20 ‘‘(C) the term ‘rural letter carrier’ means an em21 ployee of the United States Postal Service occupying

22 a position the regular duties of which involve the col23 lection and delivery of mail on a rural route.

24 ‘‘(2)(A) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any

25 postal annuitant receiving an annuity from the Fund while
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1 such annuitant is employed by the United States Postal

2 Service, on a temporary basis, as a rural postmaster or

3 rural letter carrier, subject to subparagraph (B).

4 ‘‘(B) This subsection shall not, in the case of any postal

5 annuitant, have the effect of excluding from the application

6 of subsections (a) and (b) more than—

7 ‘‘(i) 90 days of service in any calendar year; or

8 ‘‘(ii) a total of 180 days of service.’’.

9 (c) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this section shall have

10 the effect of causing any reemployed annuitant to be treated

11 as an active employee for purposes of any provision of chap12 ter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code.

13 (d) APPLICABILITY.—This section and the amend14 ments made by this section shall apply with respect to tem15 porary appointments commencing on or after the date of

16 the enactment of this Act.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to designate

the building located at 41–42 Norre Gade in Saint

Thomas, Virgin Islands, for the period of time during

which it houses operations of the United States Postal

Service, as the Alvaro de Lugo Post Office; and to provide that the provisions of chapters 83 and 84 of title 5,

United States Code, relating to reemployed annuitants

shall not apply with respect to postal retirees who are re-
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employed, on a temporary basis, to serve as rural letter

carriers or rural postmasters.’’.

Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.