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PUBLIC LAW 88-643-OCT. 13, 1964

[78 STAT.

such participant or to an annuitant claiming thi"ough him, in the form of annuities, the excess of the accumulated contributions over the accumulated annuity payments shall be paid in the following order of precedence, upon the establishment of a valid claim therefor, and such payment shall be a bar to recovery by any other person: (1) To the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by such participant in writing to the Director; (2) If there be no such beneficiary to the surviving wife or husband of such participant; (3) If none of the above, to the child or children of such participant and descendants of deceased children by representation; (4) If none of the above, to the parents of such participant or the survivor of them; (5) If none of the above, to the duly appointed executor or administrator of the estate of such participant; (6) If none of the above, to other next oi kin of such participant as may be determined by the Director in his judgment to be legally entitled thereto. (c) No payment shall be made pursuant to paragraph (b)(6) of this section until after the expiration of thirty days from the death of the retired participant or his surviving annuitant. PART F — P E R I O D OF SERVICE FOR A N N U I T I E S COMPUTATION OF LENGTH OF SERVICE

39 Stat. 742;

SEC. 251. For the purposes of this Act, the period of service of a participant shall be computed from the date he becomes a participant under the provisions of this Act, but all periods of separation from the Agency and so much of any leaves of absence without pay as may exceed six months in the aggregate in any calendar year shall be excluded, except leaves of absence while receiving benefits under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act of September 7, 1916, as amended (5 U.S.C. 751 et seq.), and leaves of absence granted participants while performing active and honorable military or naval service in the Army, Navy. Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States. PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT

70 Stat. 747.

SEC. 252. (a) A participant may, subject to the provisions of this section, include in his period of service— (1) civilian service in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Federal Government and in the District of Columbia government, prior to becoming a participant; and (2) active and honorable military or naval service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States prior to the date of the separation upon which title to annuity is based. (b) A participant may obtain prior civilian service credit in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a)(1) of this section by making a special contribution to the fund equal to the percentage of his basic annual salary for each year of service for which credit is sought specified with respect to such year in the table relating to employees contained in section 4(c) of the Civil Service Retirement ^^^ ^5 XJ.S.C. 2254(c)), together with interest computed as provided in section 4(e) of such Act (5 U.S.C. 2254 (e)). Any such participant may, under such conditions as may be determined in each instance by the Director, pay such special contributions in installments.

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