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 PUBLIC LAW 102-496—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 3229 year shall be excluded, except leaves of absence while receiving benefits under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, and leaves of absence Ranted participants while performing active and honorable service in the Armed Forces. "(3) CREDITING CERTAIN PERIODS OF SEPARATION.— A participant or former participant who returns to Government duty after a period of separation shall have included in the participant or former participant's period of service that part of the period of separation in which the participant or former participant was receiving benefits under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code. "(b) EXTRA CREDIT FOR PERIODS SERVED AT UNHEALTHFUL POSTS OVERSEAS.— "(1) CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN POSTS AS UNHEALTHFUL. — The Director may from time to time establish a Ust of places outside the United States that, by reason of climatic or other extreme conditions, are to be classed as unhealthful posts. Such list shall be established in consultation with the Secretary of State. "(2) EXTRA CREDIT. —Each year of duty at a post on the list established under paragraph (1), inclusive of regular leaves of absence, shall be counted as one and a half years in computing the length of service of a participant under this title for the purpose of retirement. In computing such service, any fractional month shall be treated as a full month. "(3) COORDINATION WITH BENEFITS UNDER TITLE 5.— Extra credit for service at an unhealthful post may not be credited to a participant who is paid a differential under section 5925 or 5928 of title 5, United States Code, for the same service. "SEC. 262. PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT. 50 USC 2082. "(a) IN GENERAL. — A participant may, subject to the provisions of this section, include in the participant's period of service— "(1) civilian service in the Government before becoming a participant that would be creditable toward retirement under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code (as determined under section 8332(b) of such title); and "(2) honorable active service in the Armed Forces before the date of the separation upon which eligibility for an annuity is based, or honorable active service in the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service after June 30, 1960, or as a commissioned officer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after June 30, 1961. " (b) LIMITATIONS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the total service of any participant shall exclude— "(A) any period of civilian service on or after October 1, 1982, for which retirement deductions or deposits have not been made, "(B) any period of service for which a refund of contributions has been made, or "(C) any period of service for which contributions were not transferred pursuant to subsection (c)(D; unless the participant makes a deposit to the fund in an amount equal to the percentages of basic pay received for such service as specified in the table contained in section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code, together with interest computed in

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