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PUBLIC LAW 85-550-JULY 25, 1958

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CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT COVERAGE

SEC. 13. (a) Effective on and after the first day of the first pay period which begins in the third calendar month following the calendar month in which this Act is enacted— (1) the Act of July 8, 1937 (50 Stat. 478; 68 Stat. 17; Public Numbered 191, Seventy-fifth Congress; Public Law 299, Eightythird Congress), shall apply only with respect to those individuals within the classes of individuals subject to such Act of July 8, 1937, whose employment shall have been terminated, prior to such first day of such first pay period, in the manner provided by the first section of such Act; and 70 Stat. 743. (2) the Civil Service Eetirement Act (5 U.S.C. 2251-2267) shall apply with respect to those individuals who are in the service of the Canal Zone Government or the Panama Canal Company and who, except for the operation of paragraph (1) of this subsection, would be within the classes of individuals subject to such Act of July 8, 1937. (b) On or before the first day of the first pay period which begins in the third calendar month following the calendar month in which this Act is enacted, the Panama Canal Company shall pay, as an agency contribution, into the civil service retirement and disability 5 ulc*7f9-*721. ^^^^^ created by the Act of May 22, 1920, for each individual— (1) who is employed, on such first day of such first pay period, by the Canal Zone Government or by the Panama Canal Company, and (2) who, by reason of the enactment of this section and the operation of the Civil Service Retirement Act (5 U.S.C. 22512267), is subject to such Act on and after such first day of such first pay period, for service performed by such individual in the employment of— (A) the Panama Railroad Company during the period which began on June 29, 1948, and ended on June 30, 1951, or (B) the Panama Canal (former independent agency), the Canal Zone Government, or the Panama Canal Company during the period which began on July 1, 1951, and which ends immediately prior to such first day of such first pay period, an amount equal to the aggregate amount which such individual would have been required to contribute for retirement purposes if he had been subject to the Civil Service Retirement Act during such periods of service. (c) Nothing contained in this section shall affect— (1) the rights of any individual existing immediately prior to such first day of such first pay period above specified, or (2) the continuing obligations of the Canal Zone Government and the Panama Canal Company under section 4(a) of the Civil Service Retirement Act (5 U.S.C. 2254 (a)), to reimburse the civil service retirement and disability fund for Government contributions to such fund covering service performed, on or after such first day of such first pay period above specified, by the employees concerned. PARTICIPATION I N T R A I N I N G PROGRAMS

SEC. 14. Any training program established by a department shall be applied uniformly to each employee irrespective of whether such employee is a citizen of the United States or of the Republic of Panama. Each such employee who is a citizen of the Republic of

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