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fender Supervision Trustee under section 11232 of 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997— 
(A) which was performed prior to the ef-
fective date of the individual’s coverage as an 
employee of the Federal Government under sec-
tion 11232(f) of such Act; and 
(B) for which the individual did not ever 
receive credit under the provisions of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 
5, United States Code (other than by virtue of 
section 8331(1)(iv) of such title). 
(3) Service performed by an individual as an 
employee of the District of Columbia Public De-
fender Service— 
(A) which was performed prior to the ef-
fective date of the amendments made by section 
7(e) of the District of Columbia Courts and 
Justice Technical Corrections Act of 1998; and 
(B) for which the individual did not ever 
receive credit under the provisions of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 
5, United States Code (other than by virtue of 
section 8331(1)(iv) of such title). 
(4) In the case of an individual who was an em-
ployee of the District of Columbia Department of
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Corrections who was separated from service as a re-
sult of the closing of the Lorton Correctional Com-
plex and who was appointed to a position with the 
Bureau of Prisons, the District of Columbia courts, 
the Pretrial Services, Parole, Adult Supervision, and 
Offender Supervision Trustee, the United States Pa-
role Commission, or the District of Columbia Public 
Defender Service, service performed by the indi-
vidual as an employee of the District of Columbia 
Department of Corrections— 
(A) which was performed prior to the ef-
fective date of the individual’s coverage as an 
employee of the Federal Government; and 
(B) for which the individual did not ever 
receive credit under the provisions of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 
5, United States Code (other than by virtue of 
section 8331(1)(iv) of such title). 
(c) CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE.—The Office of Per-
sonnel Management shall accept the certification of the 
appropriate personnel official of the government of the 
District of Columbia or other independent employing enti-
ty concerning whether an individual performed qualifying 
District of Columbia service and the length of the period 
of such service the individual performed.
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TITLE 
II—SPECIAL 
SURVIVOR 
INDEMNITY ALLOWANCE FOR 
SURVIVING 
SPOUSES 
OF 
ARMED FORCES MEMBERS 
SEC. 201. INCREASE IN MONTHLY AMOUNT OF SPECIAL 
SURVIVOR INDEMNITY ALLOWANCE FOR WID-
OWS AND WIDOWERS OF DECEASED MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AFFECTED BY 
REQUIRED SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN ANNU-
ITY OFFSET FOR DEPENDENCY AND INDEM-
NITY COMPENSATION. 
Section 1450(m)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘$60’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$95’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘$70’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$105’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘$80’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$120’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘$90; 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘$130;’’ and 
(5) by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(F) for months during fiscal year 2014, 
$330;
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‘‘(G) for months during fiscal year 2015, 
$335; and 
‘‘(H) for months during fiscal year 2016 
ending before the termination date specified in 
paragraph (6), $345.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 2, 2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1256 
AN ACT 
To protect the public health by providing the Food 
and Drug Administration with certain authority 
to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, 
United States Code, to make certain modifica-
tions in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service 
Retirement System, and the Federal Employees’ 
Retirement System, and for other purposes.