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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. Cm. 276. 1931 . 1213 "(1) Wh enev er a For eign Ser vice off icer bec omes sep arat ed f rom Total contribution, etc ., returned if officer the service except for disability before reaching the age of retire- separated from service ment, or under section 33 of this Act, the total amount of contribu- before d retirement age tion from his salary with interest thereon at 4 per centum per annum compounded annually up to the date of such separation, shall be returned to him . " The Secretary of State is authorized to expend from sur- fro mm fundf n for expenses. (m~ ses plus money to the credit of the Foreign Service retirement and disability fund an amount not exceeding $5,000 per annum for the expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of this section, including actuarial advice . "n An diplomatic secretary or consular officer who has been or e entitled to y y retirement benefits . any Foreign Service officer who may here after be promoted from the classif ied service to the grade of ambassador or minister, or appointed to a position in the Department of State, shall be entitled to all the benefits of this section in the same manner and under the same conditions as Foreign Service officers : Provided, That any offi- Presentincumbentsr cer now included under the Act of May 24, 1924, and the amend- ment thereto of July 3, 1926, shall be entitled to the benefits of this section . "(o) For the purposes of this Act the period of service shall be Peri ods of s ervi ce from the date of original oath of office as diplomatic sec- computed for retire- comp uted retary, consul general, consul, vice consul, deputy consul, consular assistant, consular agent, commercial agent, interpreter, or student interpreter, and shall include periods of service at different times as either a diplomatic or consular officer, or while on assignment to the Departm ent of State, or on special duty or service in another department or establishment of the Government, but all periods of Periods excluded. separation from the service and so much of any period of leave of absence without pay as may exceed six months shall be excluded Provid ed, That service in the Department of State or as clerk in a Proviso. Spec ial cont ribu tion s mission or consulate prior to appointment as a Foreign Service offi- from officers having cer may be included in the period of service, in which case the officer department service . shall pay into the Foreign Service retirement and disability fund a special contribution equal to 5 per centum of his annual salary for each year of such employment, with interest thereon to date of pay- ment com poun ded annu ally at 4 per centum, provided that such special contribution shall be subject to the limitations established by subdivision (f) of this section. " SEC . 27 . In the event of public emergency any retired Foreign Retired officers re- called in public emer . Service officer may be recalled temporarily to active service by the gency . President, and while so serving he shall be entitled in lieu of his retirement allowance to the full pay of the class in which he is temp orar ily serv ing . " SEC. 28. That all provisions of law heretofore enacted relating Laws relating to dip- lomatic secretaries to diplomatic secretaries and to consular officers, which are not and officers applicable inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby made cers oreign Service of fi- applicable to Foreign Service officers when they are designated for service as diplomatic or consular officers, and that all Acts or parts Inco nsis tent law s ro. of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. pealed. "SEC. 29 . That the appropriations contained in Title I of the Act state Department appropriation for 1932 entitled `An Act making appropriations for the Departments of made applicable . State and Justice and for the Judiciary and for the Departments Pest, p. 1309. of Commerce and Labor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes,' for such compensation and expenses as are affected by the provisions of this Act are made available and may be applied toward the payment of the compensation and expenses herein provided.

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