31⁄2 .......
July 1, 1926, to June
30, 1942.
5 ..........
July 1, 1942, to June
30, 1948.
6 ..........
July 1, 1948, to October
31, 1956.
61⁄2 .......
November 1, 1956, to
December 31, 1969.
71⁄2 .......
December 31, 1969, to
December 31, 1994.
7 ..........
After December 31,
1994.
Member for Member service .........................
21⁄2 .......
August 1, 1920, to June
30, 1926.
31⁄2 .......
July 1, 1926, to June
30, 1942.
5 ..........
July 1, 1942, to August
1, 1946.
6 ..........
August 2, 1946, to Oc-
tober 31, 1956.
71⁄2 .......
November 1, 1956, to
December 31, 1969.
8 ..........
December 31, 1969, to
December 31, 1994.
7 ..........
After December 31,
1994.
(c) IMMEDIATE
RETIREMENT.—Section 8336 is
amended—
(1) by striking out subsection (g); and
(2) in subsections (a), (b), and (f), by inserting
‘‘or Member’’ after ‘‘employee’’ each place it occurs.
(d) DEFERRED
RETIREMENT.—Section 8338 is
amended by striking out subsection (b).
(e) COMPUTATION OF ANNUITY.—Section 8339 is
amended—
(1) by striking out subsections (b) and (c);
(2) in subsection (f), by striking out ‘‘of—’’ and
all that follows through the end thereof and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘of the average pay of the em-
ployee or Member.’’;
(3) in subsection (h), by striking out the second
sentence; and
(4) in subsection (j)—
(A) by striking out paragraph (2); and
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking out ‘‘(f),
and (h)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and (f)’’.
(f) SURVIVOR ANNUITY.—Section 8341 is amended
by striking out subsection (f).
(g) ANNUITIES AND PAY ON REEMPLOYMENT.—Sec-
tion 8344 is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (2);
(B) by striking out ‘‘or’’ at the end of
paragraph (3);
(C) by striking out paragraph (4); and
(D) by inserting ‘‘or Member’’ after ‘‘em-
ployee’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘‘, other
than a Member receiving an annuity from the
fund,’’;
(3) in subsection (c), by striking out ‘‘, other
than a Member receiving an annuity from the
fund,’’; and
(4) by striking out subsection (d).
SEC. 3. EQUAL TREATMENT OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
WITH 
FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEES 
GENERALLY
UNDER FERS.
(a) IMMEDIATE
RETIREMENT.—Section 8412 is
amended by striking out subsection (f).
(b) COMPUTATION
OF BASIC ANNUITY.—Section
8415 is amended—
(1) in subsections (a) and (e), by inserting ‘‘or
Member’’ after ‘‘employee’’ each place it occurs;
(2) by striking out subsections (b) and (c);
(3) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking out
‘‘(e)(2), or (f)(2),’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘(e)(2),’’; and
(4) in the matter after subparagraph (B) in
subsection (g)(2), by striking out ‘‘Congressional
employee,’’.
(c) ANNUITY SUPPLEMENT.—Section 8421(a)(2) is
amended by striking out ‘‘section 8412(f), or under’’.
(d) DEDUCTIONS FROM PAY; CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 8422 is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or Member’’ after ‘‘em-
ployee’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘, or Congressional em-
ployee’’; and
(2) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking out
‘‘Member’’ and ‘‘or Congressional employee,’’.
(e) 
GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section
8423(a)(1) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ‘‘or
Members’’ after ‘‘employees’’ the first place it ap-
pears; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘Members, Congres-
sional employees,’’ in clause (i); and
(B) by striking out ‘‘and Members’’ in
clause (ii).
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act shall take effect on Jan-
uary 1, 1995.
(b) APPLICATION TO PERIODS OF SERVICE BEFORE
AND AFTER EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) SERVICE AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1994.—The
amendments made by this Act shall apply with re-
spect to an individual serving as a Member of Con-
gress or a congressional employee after December
31, 1994.
(2) SERVICE BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1995.—The
portion of any annuity under chapter 83 or chapter
84, as the case may be, of title 5, United States
Code, relating to a period of service of an individual
serving as a Member of Congress or a congressional
employee that occurs before January 1, 1995, shall
be determined under either such chapter as such
chapters were in effect on December 31, 1994.
(3) ELECTION TO TREAT SERVICE UNDER RE-
FORMED SYSTEM.—A Member of Congress or a con-
gressional employee may make an irrevocable elec-
tion to treat service creditable under chapter 83 or
chapter 84, as applicable, of title 5, United States
Code, before January 1, 1995, as service under the
applicable chapter as if the amendments made by
this Act were in effect during such creditable service.
(4) MEMBER
OF
CONGRESS
AND
CONGRES-
SIONAL EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—For the purposes of
this section, the terms ‘‘Member of Congress’’ and
‘‘congressional employee’’ have the meaning given
such terms in sections 2106 and 2107 of title 5,
United States Code, respectively.
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