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PUBLIC I4AW 854-JULY 31, 1956

" (s) The term 'Member service' shall mean service as a Member and shall include the period from the date of the beginning of the term for which the Member is elected or appointed to the date on which he takes office as a Member.

746 "Member service".

a COVERAGE

"SEC. 2. (a) This Act shall apply to each employee and Member, except as hereinafter provided. " (b) This Act shall not apply to the President, to any judge of the United States as defined under section 451 of title 28 of the United States Code, or to any employee of the Government subject to another retirement system for Government employees. "(c) This Act shall not apply to any Member or to any congressional emploj^ee until he gives notice in writing to the officer by whom his salary is paid of his desire to come within the purview of this Act. " (d) This Act shall not apply to any temporary congressional employee unless such employee is appointed at an annual rate of salary and gives notice in writing to the officer by whom his salary is paid of his desire to come within the purview of this Act. "(e) The Commission may exclude from the operation of this Act any employee or group of employees in the executive branch of the United States Government, or of the District of Columbia government upon recommendation by its Commissioners, whose tenure of office or employment is temporary or intermittent. " (f) This Act shall not apply to any temporary employee of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, of the courts specified in section 610 of title 28 of the United States Code, or to construction employees or any other temporary, part-time, or intermittent employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority; and the Architect of the Capitol and the Librarian of Congress are authorized to exclude from the operation of this Act any employees under the office of the Architect of the Capitol and the Library of Congress, respectively, whose tenure of employment is temporary or of uncertain duration. " (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any Executive order, this Act shall apply to each United States Commissioner whose total compensation for services rendered as United States Commissioner is not less than $3,000 in each of the last three consecutive calendar years (1) ending prior to the effective date of the Civil Service Retirement Act Amendments of 1956 or (2) ending prior to the first day of any calendar year which begins after such effective date. For the purposes of this Act, the employment and compensation of each such United States Commissioner coming within the purview of this Act pursuant to this subsection shall be held and considered to be on a daily basis when actually employed; but nothing in this Act shall affect, otherwise than for the purposes of this Act, the basis, under applicable law other than this Act, on which such United States Commissioner is employed or on which his compensation is determined and paid.

Nonapplicd>ility. 62 Stat. 907.

62 Stat. 915.

"CREDITABLE SERVICE

"SEC. 3. (a) An employee'service for the purposes of this Act including service as a substitute in the postal service shall be credited from the date of original employment to the date of the separation upon which title to annuity is based in the civilian service of the Government. Credit shall similarly be allowed for service in the P a n American Sanitary Bureau. No credit shall be allowed for any period of separation from the service in excess of three calendar days. " (b) An employee or Member shall be allowed credit for periods of military service prior to the date of the separation upon which title to annuity is based; however, if an employee or Member is awarded

Pan A t n e r l c t i n Sanitary Btireau.

Military service.

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