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 PUBLIC LAW 99-251—FEB. 27, 1986

100 STAT. 27

(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—An annuity payable from the Civil Serv- 5 USC 8345 note. ice Retirement and Disability Fund as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act shall not be reduced— (1) by reason of the repeal of section 8345(0 of title 5, United Ante, p. 26. States Code; or (2) if or to the extent that the reduction is to be made for the purpose of eliminating an overpayment resulting from the manner in which such section 8345(f) has been administered by the Office of Personnel Management. (c) RATIFICATION OF ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS.—Any individual to 5 USC 8345 note. whom an overpayment of an annuity has been made from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund before the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to have been entitled to that overpayment if and to the extent that such overpayment resulted from the manner in which the Office of Personnel Management has administered section 8345(f) of title 5, United States Code. (d) ADJUSTMENTS OF CERTAIN REDUCTIONS.—(1) Effective for any 5 USC 8345 note. month after the date of enactment of this Act, the amount of any annuity which— (A) is payable from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; and (B) was reduced after June 30, 1985, and before the date of enactment of this Act, to eliminate any overpayment resulting from the manner in which the Office of Personnel Management administered section 8345(f) of title 5, United States Code, shall not be less than the amount which would have been payable as of such date of enactment if the reduction described in clause (B) had not been made. (2)(A) The Office shall make a lump-sum payment to each individual receiving an annuity to which paragraph (1) applies. (B) The lump-sum payment made to any individual under this paragraph shall be equal to the excess of— (i) the total amount of the annuity payments which would have been made to the individual for the period beginning with the first month in which the reduction described in paragraph (1)(B) was made and ending on the last day of the month in which this Act is enacted if the reduction had not been made, over (ii) the total amount of the annuity payments which have been paid to such individual for that period. SEC. 306. CIVIL SERVICE BENEFITS FOR FORMER EMPLOYEES OF COUNTY COMMITTEES.

(a) RETENTION.—Section 3502(a)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out "who is an employee in or under the Department of Agriculture". (b) RATE OF PAY ON CHANGE OF POSITION.—Section 5334(e) of

title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting a comma after "may"; and (2) by striking out "under the Department of Agriculture,". (c) ACCRUAL AND ACCUMULATION OF LEAVE.—The first sentence of section 6312 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out "in the case of any officer or employee in or under the Department of Agriculture".

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