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 744 "Fund". ••Disability".

"Widow".

"Widower".

"cauid".

"Government".

"L u m p - sum credit".

"Commission". "Annuitant".

"Survivor".

"Service". "Military service".

PUBLIC LAW 854-JULY 31, 1956

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" (f) The term 'fund' shall mean the civil service retirement and disability fund created by the Act of May 22, 1920. "(g) The terms 'disabled' and 'disability' shall mean totally disabled for useful and efficient service in the grade or class of position last occupied by the employee or Member by reason of disease or injury not due to vicious habits, intemperance, or willful misconduct on his part within the five years next prior to becoming so disabled. " (h) The term 'widow', for purposes of section 10, shall mean the surviving wife of an employee or Member who was married to such individual for at least two years immediately preceding his death or is the mother of issue by such marriage. " (i) The term 'widower', for purposes of section 10, shall mean the surviving husband of an employee or Member who was married to such employee or Member for at least two years immediately preceding her death or is the father of issue by such marriage. The term 'dependent widower', for purposes of section 10, shall mean a 'widower' who is incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical disability, and who received more than one-half his support from such einployee or Member. " (j) The term 'child', for purposes of section 10, shall mean an unmarried child, including (1) an adopted child, and (2) a stepchild or recognized natural child who received more than one-half his support from and lived with the Member or employee in a regular parentchild relationship, under the age of eighteen years, or such unmarried child regardless of a^e who because of physical or mental disability incurred before age eighteen is incapable of self-support. "(k) The term 'Government' shall mean the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the United States Government, including Government-owned or controlled corporations and Gallaudet College, and the municipal government of the District of Columbia. "(1) The term 'lump-sum credit' shall mean the unrefunded amount consisting of (1) the retirement deductions made from the basic salary of an employee or Member, (2) any sums deposited by an employee or Member covering prior service, and (3) interest on such deductions and deposits at 4 per centum per annum to December 31, 1947, and 3 per centum per annum thereafter compounded annually to December 31, 1956 or, in the case of an employee separated or transferred to a position not within the purview of this Act before he has completed five years of civilian service or a Member separated before he has completed five years of Member service, to the date of the separation or transfer. The lump-sum credit shall not include interest if the service covered thereby aggregates one year or less, nor shall it include interest for the fractional part of a month in the total service. " (m) The term 'Commission' shall mean the United States Civil Service Commission. " (n) The term 'annuitant' shall mean any former employee or Member who, on the basis of his service, has met all requirements of the Act for title to annuity and has filed claim therefor. "(o) The term 'survivor' shall mean a person who is entitled to annuity under this Act based on the service of a deceased employee or Member or of a deceased annuitant. " (p) The term 'survivor annuitant' shall mean a survivor who has filed claim for annuity. " (q) The term 'service' shall mean employment which is creditable under section 3. " (r) The term 'military service' shall mean honorable active service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States, but shall not include service in the National Guard except when ordered to active duty in the service of the United States.

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