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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3490
To include as creditable service, for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement
System, certain periods of service performed in certain Federal-State
cooperative agricultural programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 10, 1993
Mr. DE LA GARZA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To include as creditable service, for purposes of the Civil
Service Retirement System, certain periods of service
performed in certain Federal-State cooperative agricul-
tural programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cooperative Agricul-
tural Programs Extended Retirement Credit Act of
1993’’.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to make creditable, for purposes of the Civil
Service Retirement System, periods of service in cer-
tain qualified Federal-State cooperative programs
which had agricultural or related purposes; and
(2) to expedite the retirement of certain Fed-
eral Government employees by providing them im-
proved retirement opportunities at typical retirement
ages, thereby mitigating potentially adverse effects
of deficit-control measures on the welfare of those
and other employees of the Department of Agri-
culture.
SEC. 3. CREDITABILITY OF PRIOR SERVICE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 8334(c) of title
5, United States Code, upon application to the Office of
Personnel Management within 6 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, any individual who is an em-
ployee (as defined by section 8331(1) or 8401(11) of such
title) on such date shall be allowed credit under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 of such title for any service if
such service was performed by such individual—
(1) before January 1, 1984; and
(2) as an employee of a State, or an instrumen-
tality of a State, in which capacity such individual
performed duties relating to the carrying out of a
program described in subsection (b).
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAMS.—The programs re-
ferred to in subsection (a) are—
(1) the Federal-State cooperative program of
agricultural research of the State agricultural exper-
iment stations as defined in section 1 of the Act en-
titled ‘‘An Act to consolidate the Hatch Act of 1887
and laws supplementary thereto relating to the ap-
propriation of Federal funds for support of agricul-
tural experiment stations in the States, Alaska, Ha-
waii, and Puerto Rico’’, approved August 11, 1955
(69 Stat. 671);
(2) the Federal-State cooperative program of
forestry research at eligible institutions of the State
as defined in section 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to encour-
age and assist the several States in carrying on a
program of forestry research, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved October 10, 1962 (76 Stat. 806),
and popularly referred to as the ‘‘McIntire-Stennis
Act’’;
(3) the Federal-State cooperative program of
agricultural research for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1967 and later fiscal years at the 1890 land-
grant colleges, including Tuskegee Institute, as de-
fined in subsection 1445(a) of the ‘‘National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy
Act of 1977’’, approved September 29, 1977 (91
Stat. 1009);
(4) the Federal-State cooperative program of
agricultural extension work authorized by the Act
entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for cooperative agricul-
tural extension work between the agricultural col-
leges in the several States receiving the benefits of
an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, and of Acts supplementary
thereto, and the United States Department of Agri-
culture’’, approved May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 372), and
acts supplementary thereto;
(5) the Federal-State cooperative program of
vocational education including, but not limited to,
State programs of instruction in vocational agri-
culture and home economics, authorized by the Act
entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the promotion of vo-
cational education; to provide for cooperation with
the States in the promotion of such education in ag-
riculture and the trades and industries; to provide
for cooperation with the States in the preparation of
teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate
money and regulate its expenditure’’, approved Feb-
ruary 23, 1917 (39 Stat. 929), and acts supple-
mentary thereto;
(6) the Federal-State cooperative program in
marketing service and research authorized by the
‘‘Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946’’, approved Au-
gust 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1087), and predecessor pro-
grams, including programs to inspect, certify, and
identify the class, quality, quantity, and condition of
agricultural products shipped or received in inter-
state commerce; and programs of inspection and
weighing services authorized by the United States
Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 71 and following),
whether performed by a delegated State agency or a
designated private agency;
(7) the Federal-State cooperative program for
the control of plant pests and animal diseases au-
thorized by the provisions under the subheading
‘‘Federal Horticulture Board’’ under the heading
‘‘Department of Agriculture’’ in the Act entitled ‘‘An
Act making appropriations to supply urgent defi-
ciencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and
prior fiscal years, on account of war expenses, and
for other purposes’’, approved October 6, 1917 (40
Stat. 374); by section 102 of the ‘‘Department of
Agriculture Organic Act of 1944’’, approved Septem-
ber 21, 1944 (58 Stat. 734); by the joint resolution
entitled ‘‘Joint resolution making funds available for
the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of
insect pests or plant diseases, including grass-
hoppers, mormon crickets, and chinch bugs’’, ap-
proved April 6, 1937 (50 Stat. 57); by the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to provide for regulating, inspecting,
cleaning, and, when necessary, disinfecting railway
cars, other vehicles, and other materials entering the
United States from Mexico’’, approved January 31,
1942 (56 Stat. 40); by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to
regulate the importation of nursery stock and other
plants and plant products; to enable the Secretary of
Agriculture to establish and maintain quarantine
districts for plant diseases and insect pests; to per-
mit and regulate the movement of fruits, plants, and
vegetables therefrom, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315); by the first
paragraph under the subheading ‘‘Enforcement of
the Plant-Quarantine Act’’ under the heading ‘‘Mis-
cellaneous’’ in the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making ap-
propriations for the Department of Agriculture for
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and fourteen’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37
Stat. 853), insofar as such paragraph relates to the
importation of certain plants for scientific purposes;
by the second, third, and fourth paragraphs under
the subheading ‘‘Enforcement of the Plant-Quar-
antine Act’’ under the heading ‘‘Miscellaneous’’ in
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six-
teen’’, approved March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1113); and
by section 11 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act for the es-
tablishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, to pre-
vent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to pro-
vide 
for 
the 
suppression 
and 
extirpation 
of
pleuropneumonia and other contagious diseases
among domestic animals’’, approved May 29, 1884
(23 Stat. 31);
(8) the Federal-State cooperative programs of
forest protection, management, and improvement
performed under authority of the Act entitled ‘‘An
Act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for
the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension
of national forests, and for other purposes, in order
to promote the continuous production of timber on
the lands chiefly suitable therefore’’, approved June
7, 1924 (43 Stat. 653); of the ‘‘Cooperative Forest
Management Act’’, approved August 25, 1950 (64
Stat. 473); and of the ‘‘Forest Pest Control Act’’,
approved June 25, 1947 (61 Stat. 177); and the
predecessor programs of any Act referred to in this
paragraph;
(9) the Federal-State cooperative programs of
emergency relief, including State rural rehabilitation
corporation programs, established for the purposes
of the Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933, ap-
proved May 12, 1933 (48 Stat. 55); the Act entitled
‘‘An Act making an additional appropriation to
carry out the purposes of the Federal Emergency
Relief Act of 1933, for continuation of the civil
works program, and for other purposes’’, approved
February 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 351); and title II of
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations to
supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and prior fiscal
years, to provide supplemental general and emer-
gency appropriations for the fiscal years ending
June 30, 1934, and June 30, 1935, and for other
purposes’’, approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1021);
(10) the Federal-State Cooperative Veterans’
educational programs, including part-time instruc-
tion in on-the-farm training programs, as provided
for in title II, chapter IV, ‘‘Education of Veterans’’,
of the ‘‘Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944’’,
approved June 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 287), and subse-
quent amendments and Acts pertaining thereto; and
(11) the Federal-State cooperative programs in
wildlife restoration and in fish restoration and man-
agement authorized respectively by the Acts entitled
‘‘An Act to provide that the United States shall aid
these States in wildlife restoration projects, and for
other purposes’’, approved September 2, 1937 (50
Stat. 917), and popularly referred to as the ‘‘Pitt-
man-Robertson Act’’, and ‘‘An Act to provide that
the United States shall aid the States in fish res-
toration and management projects, and for other
purposes’’, approved August 9, 1950 (64 Stat. 431),
and popularly referred to as the ‘‘Dingell-Johnson
Act’’, and the program of animal damage control au-
thorized by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the
Secretary of Agriculture to carry out his ten-year co-
operative program for the eradication, suppression,
or bringing under control of predatory and other
wild animals injurious to agriculture, horticulture,
forestry, animal husbandry, wild game, and other in-
terests, and for the suppression of rabies and tula-
remia in predatory or other wild animals, and for
other purposes’’, approved March 2, 1931 (46 Stat.
1468), as amended and supplemented.
(c) CERTIFICATION.—The Office of Personnel Man-
agement shall, with respect to any service for which credit
is sought under this Act, accept the certification of the
Secretary of Agriculture or his designee.
SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY TO ANNUITANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—An annuity or survivor annuity—
(1) computed in whole or in part in accordance
with subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United
States Code,
(2) which is based on the service of an individ-
ual who performed service described in section 3,
and
(3) the commencement date of which precedes
the date of the enactment of this Act,
shall be recomputed in accordance with section 3 if appli-
cation therefor is made, and the deposit requirement
under section 3(a) is met, within 6 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(b) RECOMPUTATION RULE.—Any change in an an-
nuity or survivor annuity resulting from a recomputation
under subsection (a) shall be effective as of the first day
of the first month which begins after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 5. DEFINITION.
For the purpose of this Act, the term ‘‘State’’ in-
cludes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam,
American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the territories
of Hawaii and Alaska prior to statehood.
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