An Act to amend certain provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act relating to the reemployment of former Members of Congress
PL 86-604 (H.R.8241), enacted 07/07/1960

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"(3) with respect to their Federal status, promote or dis-
charge persons enlisted or reenlisted as Reserves of the Army or 
Reserves of the Air Force for that service." 
(B) By adding the following new item at the end of the analysis: 
'8080. Air National Guard of the United States: authority of officers with 
respect to Federal status." 
Approved July 7, 1960. 
July 7, I960 
[H. R. 824 1] 
Public Law 86-604 
AN ACT 
To amend certain provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act relating to the 
reemployment of former Members of Congress. 
Civil 
S e r v i c e 
Retirement 
A c t , 
amendments. 
70 Stat. 744. 
5 u s e 2251. 
5 u s e 2256(f). 
5 u s e 2258(b), 
5 u s e 2259(b). 
5 u s e 2263. 
Be it enacted l)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Vnited States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) subsection 
(1) of section 1 of the Civil Service Retirement Act is amended by 
striking out the words "in the case of an employee separated or trans-
ferred to a position not within the purview of this Act before he has 
completed five years of civilian service or a Member separated before 
he has completed five years of Member service" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "in the case of an employee or Member separated or trans-
ferred to a position not within the purview of this Act before he has 
completed five years of civilian service". 
(b) Subsection (f) of section 6 of such Act is amended by striking 
out the words "Member service" where they first appear in such sub-
section and inserting in lieu thereof the words "civilian service". 
(c) Subsection (b) of section 8 of such Act is amended by striking 
out the words "Member service" in the first sentence and inserting in 
lieu thereof the words "civilian service". 
(d) (1) So much of subsection (b) of section 9 of such Act as pre-
cedes the first proviso is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) The annuity of a congressional employee retiring under this 
Act shall be computed as provided in subsection (a), except that with 
respect to so much of his service as a congressional employee and his 
military service as does not exceed a total of fifteen years, and with 
respect to any Member service, the annuity shall oe computed by 
multiplying ^y^ P^r centum of the average salary by the years of such 
service:". 
(2) Clause (1) of the second sentence of such subsection is amended 
by inserting after the words "congressional employee" the words 
"or Member, or any combination of such service". 
(e) The first sentence of section 9(c) is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) The annuity of a Member, or of a former Member with title to 
Member annuity, retiring under this Act shall be computed as pro-
vided in subsection (a), except that if he has had at least five years' 
service as a Member or a congressional employee, or any combination 
of such service the annuity shall be computed, with respect to (1) his 
service as a Member and so much of his military service as is creditable 
for the purposes of this clause, and (2) so much of his congressional 
employee service as does not exceed fifteen years, by multiplying 2i/^ 
per centum of the average salary by the years of such service." 
(f) Section 13(c) of the Civil Service Retirement Act is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(c) If a Member heretofore or hereafter retired under this Act 
hereafter becomes employed in an appointive or elective position, 
annuity payments shall be discontinued during such employment and 
lesumed in the same amount upon termination of such employment, 
except that— 
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"(l) any such retired Member or any Member heretofore or 
hereafter separated w ith title to an immediate or deferred annuity 
who serves or has served, at any time after separation as a 
Member, in an appointive position in which he is or was subject to 
this Act shall, if he so elects, have his Member annuity computed 
or recomputed as if such service had been performed prior to his 
separation as a Member and such annuity as so computed or 
recomputed shall be effective (A) the day Member annuity com-
mences, (B) the first day of the month following the date of 
separation from the appointive position, or (C) the first day of 
the first month following the date of enactment of this Act, 
whichever day is the latest; 
"(2) if such retired Member shall have become employed after 
December 31, 1958, in an appointive position on an intermittent-
service basis, (A) his annuity shall continue during such employ-
ment and shall not be increased as a result of service performed 
during such employment, (B) no retirement deductions shall be 
withheld from his salary, (C) there shall be deducted from his 
salary, except for lump-sum payment purposes under the Act 
of December 21, 1944, a sum equal to the annuity allocable to the 
period of actual employment, and (D) the amounts so deducted 
shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the 
credit of the fund; 
"(3) if such retired Member shall have become employed after 
December 31, 1958, in an appointive position without compensa-
tion on a full-time, or a substantially full-time, basis, his annuity 
shall continue during such employment and shall not be increased 
as a result of service performed during such employment; and 
"(4) if such retired Member takes office as Member and gives 
notice as provided in section 2(c), his service as Member during 
such period shall be credited in determining his right to and the 
amount of his subsequent annuity. 
This subsection shall not apply to a Member appointed by the Presi-
dent of the United States to a position not requiring confirmation by 
the Senate." 
SEC. 2. Section 403 of the Civil Service Retirement Act Amendments 
of 1956 (70 Stat. 760; 5 U.S.C. 2251 note) is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following sentence: "In the case of any Member sepa-
rated from service before October 1, 1956, with title to a deferred 
annuity, the deferred annuity may begin at the age of sixty years if 
the Member had completed at least ten years of Member service, but 
no annuity shall be paid under this sentence for any period prior to 
the first day of the first month which begins after enactment thereof." 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 2(2) of the Act of June 25, 1958 (Public Law 
85^65; 72 Stat. 219), is amended to read as follows: 
"(2) who (A) died before February 29, 1948, or (B), if retired 
under the Alaska Railroad Retirement Act of June 29, 1936, as 
amended, or under sections 91 to 107, inclusive, of title 2 of the 
Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, as amended, died be-
fore April 1, 1948; and". 
(b) Section 4 of such Act of June 25,1958, shall apply to annuities 
authorized by this section. 
(c) An annuity provided by this section shall commence August 1, 
1958, or on the first day of the month in which application therefor 
is received in the Civil Service Commission, whichever occurs later. 
SEO. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, benefits payable 
by reason of the amendments made by this Act shall be paid from the 
civil service retirement and disability fund. 
Approved July 7, 1960. 
58 Stat. 845, 
5 u s e 61b and 
notes. 
5 u s e 2252(c). 
Civil 
S e r v i c e 
R e t i r e m e n t Act 
Amendments of 
1956. 
5 use 2259 note. 
49 Stat. 2T)17. 
72 Stat. 219, 
Effective date. 
Payments.