In the Senate of the United States,
?? (legislative day, ??), 1994.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4190) entitled ‘‘An Act to designate the building
located at 41–42 Norre Gade in Saint Thomas, Virgin Is-
lands, for the period of time during which it houses oper-
ations of the United States Postal Service, as the Alvaro de
Lugo Post Office’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Page 2, after line 2, insert:
SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN POSTAL EMPLOYEES FROM
FEDERAL RETIREMENT PROVISIONS RELAT-
ING TO REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS.
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section
8344 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(m)(1) For the purpose of this subsection—
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‘‘(A) the term ‘postal annuitant’ means any in-
dividual who becomes an annuitant by reason of re-
tirement from the United States Postal Service;
‘‘(B) the term ‘rural postmaster’ means the post-
master of any post office which provides regular post-
al services to any rural areas, communities, or small
towns; and
‘‘(C) the term ‘rural letter carrier’ means an em-
ployee of the United States Postal Service occupying
a position the regular duties of which involve the col-
lection and delivery of mail on a rural route.
‘‘(2)(A) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any
postal annuitant receiving an annuity from the Fund while
such annuitant is employed by the United States Postal
Service, on a temporary basis, as a rural postmaster or
rural letter carrier, subject to subparagraph (B).
‘‘(B) This subsection shall not, in the case of any postal
annuitant, have the effect of excluding from the application
of subsections (a) and (b) more than—
‘‘(i) 90 days of service in any calendar year; or
‘‘(ii) a total of 180 days of service.’’.
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
Section 8468 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(j)(1) For the purpose of this subsection—
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‘‘(A) the term ‘postal annuitant’ means any in-
dividual who becomes an annuitant by reason of re-
tirement from the United States Postal Service;
‘‘(B) the term ‘rural postmaster’ means the post-
master of any post office which provides regular post-
al services to any rural areas, communities, or small
towns; and
‘‘(C) the term ‘rural letter carrier’ means an em-
ployee of the United States Postal Service occupying
a position the regular duties of which involve the col-
lection and delivery of mail on a rural route.
‘‘(2)(A) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any
postal annuitant receiving an annuity from the Fund while
such annuitant is employed by the United States Postal
Service, on a temporary basis, as a rural postmaster or
rural letter carrier, subject to subparagraph (B).
‘‘(B) This subsection shall not, in the case of any postal
annuitant, have the effect of excluding from the application
of subsections (a) and (b) more than—
‘‘(i) 90 days of service in any calendar year; or
‘‘(ii) a total of 180 days of service.’’.
(c) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this section shall have
the effect of causing any reemployed annuitant to be treated
as an active employee for purposes of any provision of chap-
ter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code.