103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4190

AMENDMENTS
In the Senate of the United States,

?? (legislative day, ??), 1994.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4190) entitled ‘‘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’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

1 Page 2, after line 2, insert:

2 SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN POSTAL EMPLOYEES FROM

3 FEDERAL RETIREMENT PROVISIONS RELAT4 ING TO REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS.

5 (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section

6 8344 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding

7 at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(m)(1) For the purpose of this subsection—
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1 ‘‘(A) the term ‘postal annuitant’ means any in2 dividual who becomes an annuitant by reason of re3 tirement from the United States Postal Service;

4 ‘‘(B) the term ‘rural postmaster’ means the post5 master of any post office which provides regular post6 al services to any rural areas, communities, or small

7 towns; and

8 ‘‘(C) the term ‘rural letter carrier’ means an em9 ployee of the United States Postal Service occupying

10 a position the regular duties of which involve the col11 lection and delivery of mail on a rural route.

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

13 postal annuitant receiving an annuity from the Fund while

14 such annuitant is employed by the United States Postal

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

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

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

18 annuitant, have the effect of excluding from the application

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

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

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

22 (b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—

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

24 adding at the end the following:

25 ‘‘(j)(1) For the purpose of this subsection—
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1 ‘‘(A) the term ‘postal annuitant’ means any in2 dividual who becomes an annuitant by reason of re3 tirement from the United States Postal Service;

4 ‘‘(B) the term ‘rural postmaster’ means the post5 master of any post office which provides regular post6 al services to any rural areas, communities, or small

7 towns; and

8 ‘‘(C) the term ‘rural letter carrier’ means an em9 ployee of the United States Postal Service occupying

10 a position the regular duties of which involve the col11 lection and delivery of mail on a rural route.

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

13 postal annuitant receiving an annuity from the Fund while

14 such annuitant is employed by the United States Postal

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

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

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

18 annuitant, have the effect of excluding from the application

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

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

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

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

23 the effect of causing any reemployed annuitant to be treated

24 as an active employee for purposes of any provision of chap25 ter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code.
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1 (d) APPLICABILITY.—This section and the amend2 ments made by this section shall apply with respect to tem3 porary appointments commencing on or after the date of

4 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 reemployed, on a temporary basis, to serve as rural letter

carriers or rural postmasters.’’.

Attest:

Secretary.