An Act to accelerate the commencing date of civil service retirement annuities, and for other purposes
PL 86-713 (H.R.8289), enacted 09/06/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-713~SEPT. 6, 1960 
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necessary to give the consent of the United States and that Board to 
the entry of an appropriate decree for such modification of the terms 
of a supplemental mdenture executed on March 5, 1928, by James B. 
Wilbur, creating a trust fund known as the University of Vermont 
Trust Fund, as may be required to remove therefrom a limitation 
contained therein providing for the payment of the corpus of that 
fund to the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board if the enrollment 
of the University of Vermont should exceed a number determined in 
conformity with the provisions of that instrument. 
(b) The authority so conferred upon the Attorney General includes 
Attorney Gen-
authority to (1) accept service of process, (2) enter an appearance, ^'powers. 
and (3) participate in any proceeding instituted in any court of the 
State of Vermont for the purpose of removing from the instrument 
described in subsection (a) the limitation referred to in that sub-
section. Such authority may be exercised through any legal officer of 
the United States designated by the Attorney General. 
(c) This Act shall not be construed to authorize the Attorney Gen-
eral to give consent to any modification of the supplemental indenture 
described in subsection (a) other than the removal of the limitation 
to which reference is made in that subsection. 
Approved September 6, 1960. 
Public Law 86-713 
A N A C T 
September 6, 1960 
To accelerate the commencing date of civil service retirement annuities, and 
[H. R. 8289] 
for other purposes. 
Civil Service re-
tirement. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 
10 of the Civil Service Eetirement Act (70 Stat. 754: 5 U.S.C. 2260) "survivor annul-
is amended— 
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(1) By striking out paragraph (2) of subsection (a) and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: 
"(2) An annuitv computed under this subsection shall comtaence 
on the day after the retired employee or Member dies, and such an-
nuity or any ri^ht thereto shall terminate on the last day of the month 
before the survivor's death or remarriage." 
(2) By striking out the second sentence in subsection (b) and in-
serting in lieu thereof the following: "The annuity of such survivor 
shall commence on the day after the retired employee or Member dies, 
and such annuity or any right thereto shall terminate on the last 
day of the month before the survivor's death." 
(3) By striking out the second sentence in subsection (c) and in-
serting in lieu thereof the following: "The annuity of such widow 
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or dependent widower shall commence on the day after the employee 
or Member dies, and such annuity or any right thereto shall termi-
nate" on the last day of the month before (1) death or remarriage of 
the widow or widower or (2) the widower's becoming capable of 
self-support." 
(4) By striking out the third sentence in subsection (d) and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following: 
"The child's annuity shall com- 
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mence on the day after the employee or Member dies, and such an-
nuity or any right thereto shall terminate on the last day of the 
month before (1) his attaining age eighteen unless incapable of 
self-support, (2) his becoming capable of self-support after age 
eighteen, (3) his marriage, or (4) his death." 
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Payment of bene-
fits. 
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(5) In subsection (e) by striking out "(1) shall be paid an annuity 
equal to one-half of the deferred annuity of such Member beginning 
the first day of the month following the death of such Member and 
terminating upon the death or remarriage of such surviving wife or 
husband" and inserting in lieu thereof "(1) shall be paid an annuity 
equal to 50 per centum of the Member's deferred annuity commencing 
on the day after the Member's death and terminating on the last 
day of the month before death or remarriage of such surviving wife 
or husband". 
(b) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 14 of the Civil Service 
Ketirement Act (70 Stat. 757; 5 U.S.C. 2264) are amended to read 
as follows: 
"(a) Each annuity is stated as an annual amount, one-twelfth of 
which, fixed at the nearest dollar, constitutes the monthly rate pay-
able on the first business day of the month after the month or other 
period for which it has accrued. 
"(b) Except as otherwise provided, the annuity 6f an employee 
or Member shall commence on the day after separation from the 
service, or on the day after salary ceases and the employee or Member 
meets the service and the age or disability requirements for title there-
to. The annuity of an employee or Member under section 8 shall 
commence on the day after the occurrence of the event on which 
payment thereof is based. An annuity otherwise payable from the 
fund allowed on or after date of enactment of this Act shall com-
mence on the day after the occurrence of the event on which pay-
ment thereof is based. 
"(c) The annuity of a retired employee or Member shall terminate 
on the day death or any other terminating event provided in this 
Act occurs. An annuity otherwise payable from the fund on or 
after date of enactment of this Act shall terminate (1) in the case 
of a retired employee or Member, on the day death or any other 
terminating event occurs, or (2) in the case of a survivor, on the 
last day of the month before death or any other terminating event 
occurs." 
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, benefits pay-
able by reason of the amendments made by the first section of this 
Act shall be paid from the civil service retirement and disability fund. 
Approved September 6, 1960. 
Public Law 86-714 
September 6, I960 
[H. R. 2178] 
GrEpevine R e s-
ervoir, Tex.-
Road elevation. 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to make certain changes in the road 
at Whites Branch, Grapevine Reservoir, Texas. 
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secre-
tary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is author-
ized and directed to elevate, relocate, or make such other changes as 
may be necessary to insure that the road at Whites Branch, Grape-
vine Keservoir, Texas, will at all times be above elevation 565.0 feet 
above mean sea level. 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds 
as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. 
Approved September 6, 1960.