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 110 STAT. 1321-105 PUBLIC LAW 104-134—APR. 26, 1996 section 102(e) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, as amended by this subsection. Such regulations shall be prescribed jointly by the Office of Personnel Management and each corresponding office or agency of the government of the District of Columbia (in the same manner as provided for in section 102(f) of such Act, as so amended). (ii) EXCEPTION.— An election under this subparagraph may not be made by any individual who— (I) is not then participating in a retirement system for Federal employees (disregarding Social Security); or (II) is then participating in any program of the government of the District of Columbia referred to in section 102(e)(2)(B) of such Act (as so amended). (C) ELECTION FOR EMPLOYEES APPOINTED DURING INTERIM PERIOD.— (i) FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.— Subsection (e) of section 102 of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (as last in effect before the date of enactment of this Act) shall be deemed to have remained in effect for purposes of any Federal employee who becomes employed by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority during the period beginning on such date of enactment and ending on the day before the effective date of the regulations prescribed to carry out subparagraph (B). (ii) OTHER INDIVIDUALS.—The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (f) of section 102 of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (as amended by this subsection) shall include provisions under which an election under such subsection shall be available to any individual who— (I) becomes employed by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the day before the effective date of such regulations; (II) would have been eligible to make an election under such regulations had those regulations been in effect when such individual became so employed; and (III) is not then participating in any program of the government of the District of Columbia referred to in subsection (f)(1)(B) of such section 102 (as so amended). (c) EXEMPTION FROM LIABILITY FOR CLAIMS FOR AUTHORITY EMPLOYEES.— Section 104 of such Act is amended— (1) by striking "the Authority and its members" and inserting "the Authority, its members, and its employees"; and

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