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PUBLIC LAW 89-308-OCT. 31, 1965

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SEC. 5. The annuity of each widow survivor annuitant who, on the iri^\t°s^^than^'^ date of enactment of this Act, is receiving a survivor annuity from $2400. the Foreign Service retirement and disability fund of less than $2,400 l)€r annum is hereby increased to $2,400 per annum. SEC. 6. The annuity benefits elected or provided with respect to any widow under section 2, 3, 4, or 5 of this Act shall be in lieu of any annuity benefits to which such widow otherwise would be entitled as the widow of the Foreign Service officer with respect to whom such annuity benefits are so elected or provided. SEC. 7. Any increase, adjustment, or grant of an annuity under ^tw'^^r'a^e'^^*^' section 2, 4, or 5 of this Act shall commence on the first day of the "^°" month following the expiration of the one-hundred-and-twenty-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, and the monthly rate payable shall be fixed at the nearest dollar. SEC. 8. Annuity benefits provided by this Act shall be paid from reure^n't^and™ the Foreign Service retirement and disability fund; except that, no disability fund. part of such fund shall be applied toward the payment of any benefits under section 2, 4, or 5 of this Act until an appropriation is made to such fund in an amount which the Secretary of the Treasury estimates to be necessary to prevent an increase in the unfunded liability to such fund for the first fiscal year during which such benefits are payable. SEC. 9. Title VIII of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, is amended as follows: (1) Section 821(b) of such Act (22 I'.S.C. 1076(b)) is amended to 74 Stat. 339. read as follows: "(b)(1) At the time of retirement, any married female participant may elect to receive a reduced annuity and to provide for an annuity payable to her husband, commencing on the date following such participant's death and terminating upon the death of such surviving husband. The annuity payable to the surviving husband after such participant's death shall be 50 per centum of the amount of the participant's annuity computed as prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section, up to the full amount of such annuity specified by her as the base for the survivor benefits. The annuity of the participant making such election shall be reduced by 2i4> per centum oiP any amount up to $2,400 she specifies as the base for the survivor benefit plus 10 per centum of any amount over $2,400 so specified. "(2) At the time of retirement, the annuity of each married male participant computed as prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section shall be reduced bj- $300 to provide for his surviving wife a minimum annuity of $2,400, except that, if his annuity is more than $4,800, he may elect up to 50 per centum of such annuity for his surviving wife, and if such election is made, his annuity Shall be further reduced by 10 per centum of the difference between $4,800 and the base he specifies for the survivor benefit." (2) The first sentence of section 832(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 1082(b)) is amended by inserting immediately before the period at ^4 Stat. 342. the end thereof the following: "; except that the annuity of any widow shall not be less than $2,400". (3) At the end of title VIII of such Act add the following: eo Stat. 1019. ^

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