An Act to provide certain increases in annuities payable from the civil service retirement and disability fund, and for other purposes
PL 89-205 (H.R.8469), enacted 09/27/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-205-SEPT. 27, 1965 
[79 
STAT. 
September 27, 1965 
[H. R. 8469] 
Public Law 89-205 
AN ACT 
To i)r<Ai(le certain increases in annuities payable from the civil service retirement 
and disability fund, and for other purposes. 
Civil service 
retirement and dis-
ability fund. 
Annuities. 
76 Stat. 869. 
70 Stat. 759. 
Cost-of-living 
adj ustment. 
76 Stat. 869. 
62 Stat. 52; 
64 Stat. 320; 
72 Stat. 219. 
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notes. 
Eligibility. 
70 Stat. 754. 
5 u s e 2260. 
Be ft enacted hy the Senate and House of Repremntdttces 
of the 
United States of America in Gongresn aMHemhled^ That (a) section l(t) 
of the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended (o U.S.C 2251 (t)), 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(t) The term 'price index' shall mean the Consumer Price Index 
(all items—L^nited States city average) published monthly by the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics. The term 'base month' shall mean the 
month for which the price index showed a per (lentum rise forming the 
basis for a cost-of-livmg annuity increase.'' 
(b) Section 17(a) of such Act, as amended (5 I'.S.(\ 2267(a)), is 
amended by inserting inmiediately before the period at the end thereof 
the following: ", and for payment of administrative ex^jenses incurred 
by the Commission in placing in effect each annuity adjustment 
granted under section 18 of this Act''. 
(c) Section 18 of such Act, as amended (5 T.'.S.C. 2268), is amended 
to read as follows: 
''SFX. 18. (a) Effective the first day of the third month which begins 
after the date of enactment of this amendment each annuity payable 
from the fund which has a commencing date not later than such effec-
tive date shall be increased by (1) the per centum rise in the price 
index, adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 per centum, determined 
by the Commission on the basis of the annual axerage price index 
for calendar year 1962 and the price index for the month latest 
published on date of enactment of this amendment, plus (2) 6I/2 per 
centum if the commencing date (or in the case of the survivor of a 
deceased annuitant the commencing date of the annuity of the retired 
employee) occurred on or before October 1, 1956, or Xy^ per centum 
if the commenchig date (or in the case of the survivor of a deceased 
annuitant the commencing date of the annuity of the retired employee) 
occurred after October 1, 1956. The month used in determining the 
increase based on the per centum rise in the price index mider this 
subsection shall be the base month for determining the j^er centum 
change in the price index until the next succeeding increase occurs. 
Each survivor annuity authorized (1) by section 8 of the Act of 
May 29,1930, as amended to July 6,1950, or (2) by section 2 of Public 
Law 85-465, shall be increased by any additional amount which may be 
required to make the total increase under this subsection equal to 15 
per centum or $10 per month, whichever is the lesser. 
" (b) Each month after the first increase under this section, the Com-
mission shall determine the per centum change in the price index. 
Effective the first day of the third month which begins after the price 
index shall have equaled a rise of at least 3 'per centum for three con-
secutive months over the price index for the base month, each annuity 
payable from the fund which has a commencing date not later than 
such effective date shall be increased by the per centujii rise in tlie price 
index (calculated on the highest level of the price index during the 
three consecutive months) adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 per 
centum. 
"(c) Eligibility for an annuity increase under this section shall be 
governed by the conmiencing date of each annuity payable from the 
fund as of the effective date of an increase, except as follows: 
"(1) Effective from its commencing date, an annuity payable 
from the fund to an annuitant's survivor (other than a child 
entitled under section 10(d)), which annuitj'^ commences the day 
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after annuitant's death and after the effective date of the first 
increase under this section, shall be increased by the total per 
centum increase the annuitant was receiving under this section at 
death, except that the increase in a survivor annuity authorized 
by section 8 of the Act of May 29, 1930, as amended to July 6, 
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1950, shall be computed as if the annuity commencing date had 54 statriao.' 
been the effective date of the first increase under this section. 
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"(2) For purposes of computing an annuity which commences "°*^' 
after the effective date of the first mcrease under this section to a 
child under section 10(d), the items $600, $720, $1,800, and $2,160 
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appearing in section 10(d) shall be increased by the total per 
centum increase allowed and in force under this section for em-
ployee annuities which commenced after October 1, 1956, and, 
in case of a deceased annuitant, the items 40 per centum and 50 
per centum appearing in section 10(d) shall be increased by the 
total per centum increase allowed and in force under this section 
to the annuitant at death. 
"(d) No increase in annuity provided by this section shall be com- 
limitation. 
puted on any additional annuity purchased at retirement by voluntary 
contributions. 
"(e) The monthly installment of annuity after adjustment under 
this section shall be fixed at the nearest dollar, except that such install-
ment shall after adjustment reflect an increase of at least $1." 
SEC. 2. The provisions under the heading "CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT 
AND DISABILITY FUND" in title I of the Independent Offices Appropria-
tion Act, 1959 (72 Stat. 1064; Public Law 85-844), shall not apply J^J^^^ 22.37 
with respect to benefits resulting from the enactment of this Act. 
Approved September 27, 1965, 11:07 e.s.t. 
Public Law 89-206 
A N A C T 
September 28, 1965 
To amend the United Nations Participation Act, as amended (63 Stat. 734-736), __ifllf!^.!^ 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of 
the United States of America m Congress assembled, That (a) sub- g^rcr'^ar^nTct 
sections (a) and (b) of section 2 of the United Nations Participation o/^i945'^^am"nd/ 
Act of 1945, as amended by Public Law 341, Eighty-first Congress,™^"*-
October 10, 1949, are hereby further amended to read as folloAvs: 
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"(a) The President, by and with the advice and consent of the u.s. representa. 
Senate, shall appoint a representative of the United States to the ^^^.'° umted 
United Nations who shall have the rank and status of Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and shall hold office at the pleasure 
of the President. 
Such representative shall represent the United 
States in the Security Council of the United Nations and may serve 
ex officio as representative of the United States in any organ, com-
mission, or other body of the United Nations other than specialized 
a^ncies of the United Nations, and shall perform such other func-
tions in connection with the participation of the United States in the 
United Nations as the President may, from time to time, direct. 
"(b) The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen- refe1?tat\°vTs\"^" 
ate, shall appoint additional persons with appropriate titles, rank, and 
status to represent the United States in the principal organs of the 
United Nations and in such organs, commissions, or other bodies as 
may be created by the United Nations with respect to nuclear energy 
or disarmament (control and limitation of armament). 
Such persons 
shall serve at the pleasure of the President and subject to the direction 
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