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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1783

To amend title 5, United States Code, to include service during World

War II in the United States merchant marine as military service for

purposes of the Civil Service Retirement System.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 21, 1993

Mr. HUGHES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to include service

during World War II in the United States merchant

marine as military service for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement System.

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 DURING WORLD

4 WAR II IN THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT

5 MARINE.

6 Section 8331(13) of title 5, United States Code, is

7 amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon at the

2 end of subparagraph (B);

3 (2) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon at the

4 end of subparagraph (C); and

5 (3) by adding at the end the following:

6 ‘‘(D) in the United States merchant ma7 rine after May 26, 1940, and before January 1,

8 1948;’’.

9 SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the

11 amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to

12 annuities which commence before, on, or after the date

13 of the enactment of this Act, except that no monetary ben14 efit by reason of such amendments shall accrue for any

15 period before such date.

16 (b) ANNUITANTS.—

17 (1) RECOMPUTATION.—An annuity or survivor

18 annuity based on the service of an employee or

19 Member who performed service described in section

20 8331(13)(D) of title 5, United States Code, as

21 added by section 1, shall, upon application to the Of22 fice of Personnel Management, be recomputed to

23 take such service into account.

24 (2) PROSPECTIVE EFFECT.—Any recomputation

25 of an annuity under paragraph (1) shall apply with
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1 respect to amounts accruing for months beginning

2 more than 30 days after the date on which applica3 tion for such recomputation is received by the Office.

4 (c) DUTIES OF OPM.—

5 (1) NOTICE.—The Office of Personnel Manage6 ment shall take such action as may be necessary and

7 appropriate to inform individuals entitled to have

8 any service credited under section 8331(13)(D) of

9 title 5, United States Code, as added by section 1,

10 or to have any annuity recomputed under subsection

11 (b), of their entitlement to such credit or recomputa12 tion.

13 (2) ASSISTANCE.—The Office shall, on request,

14 assist any individual referred to in paragraph (1) in

15 obtaining from any department, agency, or other in16 strumentality of the United States any information

17 in the possession of such instrumentality which may

18 be necessary to verify the entitlement of such indi19 vidual to have any service credited under such sec20 tion 8331(13)(D) or to have any annuity recom21 puted under subsection (b).

22 (3) INFORMATION.—Any department, agency,

23 or other instrumentality of the United States which

24 possesses any information with respect to an individ25 ual’s performance of any service described in such
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1 section 8331(13)(D) shall, at the request of the

2 Office, furnish such information to the Office.

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