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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

(9) "annuitant" means a former employee or Member who, on the basis of his service, meets all requirements of this subchapter for title to annuity and files claim therefor; (10) "survivor" means an individual entitled to annuity under this subchapter based on the service of a deceased employee, Member, or annuitant; (11) "survivor annuitant" means a survivor who files claim for annuity; (12) "service" means employment creditable under section 8332 of this title; (13) "military service" means honorable active service— (A) in the armed forces; (B) in the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service after June 30, 1960; or (C) as a commissioned officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey after June 30, 1961; but does not include service in the National Guard except when ordered to active duty in the service of the United States; (14) "Member service" means service as a Member and includes the period from the date of the beginning of the term for which elected or appointed to the date on which he takes office as a Member; and (15) "price index" means the annual average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price Index (all items—United States city average) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. § 8332. Creditable service (a) The total service of an employee or Member is the full years and twelfth parts thereof, excluding from the aggregate the fractional part of a month, if any. (b) The service of an employee shall be credited from the date of original employment to the date of separation on which title to annuity is based in the civilian service of the Government. Credit may not be allowed for a period of separation from the service in excess of 3 calendar days. The service includes— (1) employment as a substitute in the postal field service; (2) service in the Pan American Sanitary Bureau; (3) subject to sections 8334(c) and 8339 (h) of this title, service performed before July 10, 1960, as an employee of a county committee established under section 590h(b) of title 16 or of a committee or an association of producers described by section 610(b) of title 7; (4) service as a student-employee as defined by section 5351 of this title only if he later becomes subject to this subchapter; and (5) a period of satisfactory service of a volunteer or volunteer leader under chapter 34 of title 22 only if he later becomes subject to this subchapter. The Civil Service Commission shall accept the certification of the Secretary of Agriculture or his designee concerning service for the purpose of this subchapter of the type performed by an employee named by paragraph (3) of this subsection. For the purpose of paragraph (5) of this subsection— (A) a volunteer and a volunteer leader are deemed receiving pay during their service at the respective rates of readjustment allowances payable under sections 2504(c) and 2505(1) of title 22: and

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