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 101 STAT. 1774

PUBLIC LAW 100-238—JAN. 8, 1988

SEC. 213. COMPUTATION OF ANNUITIES. (a) JOINT ELECTION TO WAIVE SURVIVOR ANNUITY WITH RESPECT TO

A FORMER SPOUSE.—Subparagraph (C) of section 806(b)(1) (22 U.S.C. 4046(b)(1)) is amended by striking out "12-month" and inserting in lieu thereof "24-month". (b) RECALL SERVICE.—Paragraph (2) of section 806(i) (22 U.S.C. 4046 (i)) is amended by striking out "section 814(b)" and inserting in lieu thereof "this subchapter". SEC. 214. SURVIVOR BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN. (a) SURVIVOR BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN.—Section 806 of chapter 8

(22 U.S.C. 4046) (as amended by section 213 of this Act) is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by inserting "or a former spouse who is the natural or adoptive parent of a surviving child of the annuitant" after "survived by a spouse" each place it appears; and (2) in subsection (d), by amending the first sentence to read as follows: "On the death of the surviving spouse or former spouse or termination of the annuity of a child, the annuity of any other child or children shall be recomputed and paid as though the spouse, former spouse, or child had not survived the participant.^'. (b) DEATH IN SERVICE.—Section 809 (22 U.S.C. 4049) is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by inserting "or a former spouse who is the natural or adoptive parent of a surviving child of the annuitant," after "spouse"; and (2) in subsection (d), by inserting "or a former spouse who is the natural or adoptive parent of a surviving child of the annuitant," after "spouse,. SEC. 215. MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT. (a) DISABILITY ANNUITY.—Subsections (a) and (b) of section 808 (22

U.S.C. 4048) are each amended by striking out "65" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "60". (b) DEATH IN SERVICE.—Subsection (e) of section 809 (22 U.S.C. 4049) is amended by striking out "65" and inserting in lieu thereof "60". SEC. 216. VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT.

Section 811 of chapter 8 (22 U.S.C. 4051) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The Secretary shall withhold consent for retirement under this section by any participant who has not been a member of the Service for 5 years. Any participant who voluntarily separates from the Service before completing 5 years in the System and who, on the date of separation, would be eligible for an annuity, based on a voluntary separation, under section 8336 or 8338 of title 5, United States Code, if the participant had been covered under the Civil Service Retirement System rather than subject to this chapter while a member of the Service, may receive an annuity under section 8336 or 8338, notwithstanding section 8333(b) of title 5, United States Code, if all contributions transferred to the Fund under section 805(c)(1) of this Act, as well as all contributions withheld from the participant's pay or contributed by the employer, and deposited into the Fund during the period he or she was subject to this chapter, including interest on these amounts, are transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund effective on the date the participant separates from the Service.".

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