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 PUBLIC LAW 99-509—OCT. 21, 1986

100 STAT. 1929

Subtitle C—Establishment of a Timetable for Completion of Coast Guard Offshore Safety Studies

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SEC. 5201. REGULATIONS.

(a) DEADLINE FOR EFFECTIVENESS.—The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating (hereafter in this subtitle referred to as the "Secretary") shall issue final regulations, to become effective before September 1, 1987, relating to the evacuation of personnel as provided for in the advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the revision of the regulations on outer Continental Shelf activities (50 Fed. Reg. 9290 (1985)), published March 7, 1985. (b) CONSIDERATION OF STANDBY VESSELS FOR EVACUATION.—In

preparing regulations referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider requiring standby vessels for the evacuation of personnel from manned installations on the outer Continental Shelf. SEC. 5202. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

(a) PRELIMINARY REPORT.—The Secretary shall, before December 31, 1986, submit to the Congress a report setting forth the progress made in preparing the regulations referred to in section 5201(a). 0>) FINAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall, before September 1, 1987, submit to the Congress a report setting forth the justification for the manned installation evacuation procedures contained in the final regulations referred to in section 5201(a).

TITLE VI—CIVIL SERVICE, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS GENERALLY -r

Subtitle A—Civil Service and Postal Service SEC. 6001. ELECTIONS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE THRIFT SAVINGS FUND. (a)

PARTICIPANTS IN

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FEDERAL

EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT

SYSTEM.—(1) Paragraph (4) of section 8432(b) of title 5, United States Code (as added by Public Law 99-335), is amended— Ante, p. 541. (A) by inserting "(A)" after "(4)"; (B) by inserting "continues as an employee or Member without a break in service through April 1, 1987," in the first sentence after "January 1, 1987,"; (C) by striking out "January 1, 1987." in the second sentence .> > and inserting in lieu thereof "April 1, 1987."; gf (D) by striking out "the last day of that election period." in the third sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "the date on which the employee or Member makes that election."; and (E) by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: "(B) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the maximum amount that ^.j,..,^ an employee or Member may contribute during any pay period which begins on or after April 1, 1987, and before October 1, 1987, pursuant to an election made during the election period provided

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