An Act to make certain increases in the annuities of annuitants under the Foreign Service retirement and disability system.
PL 84-503 (S.1287), enacted 05/01/1956

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Approved April 30, 1956. 
Public Law 503 
CHAPTER 229 
AN ACT 
To make certain increases in the annuities of annuitants under tlie Foreign 
Service retirement and disability system. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the annuity of 
an annuitant under the Foreign Service retirement and disability 
system pursuant to the Act of May 24,1924 (43 Stat. 140), as amended, 
or the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 999), as amended, shall 
be increased the first day of the second month following enactment of 
this Act in accordance with the following rules: 
If the annuitant was formerly a participant in the system, the annu-
ity to which he is entitled shall be increased $324, provided he retired 
before July 1,1949. 
SEC. 2. In the case of an officer who retired before July 1,1949, and 
elected a reduced annuity at time of retirement, and who availed him-
self of the restoration clause in section 821 (b) of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1946, as amended, such officer shall be entitled to receive the 
increase provided by the first section of this Act. 
SEC. 3. If the annuitant is receiving an annuity on the effective date 
of this Act as the survivor of a former participant in the system who 
retired before July 1, 1949, the annuity shall be increased in the 
amount of $324 or in such larger amount as may be necessary to make 
the total annuity equal to $1,200; except that in no event shall such 
annuity be increased by any amount in excess of $324 if such increase 
would result in a total annuity greater than the annuity which such 
survivor would have been entitled to receive (as determined by the 
Secretary of State, taking into consideration any generally applicable 
pay increases but not any in-class increases or possible additional years 
of service) immediately prior to the eflfective date of this Act if such 
former participant had retired on November 13, 1950 (the date spe-
cified in Public Law 348, Eighty-second Congress). 
SEO. 4. If the wife of a Foreign Service officer who retired prior to 
July 1, 1949, becomes an annuitant subsequent to the effective date of 
this Act, as a result of the election made by the officer at time of 
retirement, such widow's annuity shall be increased in the amount of 
$324. 
SEC. 5. In any case where a participant under the Foreign Service 
retirement and disability system died before August 29,1954, leaving a 
widow who is not entitled to receive an annuity under the system, the 
Secretary of State is authorized and directed to grant such widow an 
annuity of not to exceed $1,200 per annum, if he finds that such widow 
(whether remarried or not) is in actual need and without other ade-
quate means of support. 
SEC. 6. In no case shall an annuity increased under this Act exceed 
the maximum annuity payable under section 821 (a) or (b) of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended. 
SEC. 7. No annuity currently payable to any annuitant under the 
Foreign Service retirement and disability system shall be reduced as a 
result of the provisions of this Act. 
Approved May 1, 1956. 
May 1,1956 
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Foreign Service* 
Re tirement 
a n d 
disability. 
2 2 u s e 801 note; 
1061 et 
eeq. 
60 Stat. 1020. 
22 u s e 1076. 
66 Stat. 82. 
22 u s e 1078. 
60 Stat. 1020; 69 
Stat. 537. 
22 u s e 10 76. 
Restriction.