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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

(h) For the purpose of survivor annuity, deposits authorized by subsections (c) and (d) of this section may also be made by the survivor of an employee or Member. § 8335. Mandatory separation (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, an employee who becomes 70 years of age and completes 15 years of service shall be automatically separated from the service. The separation is effective on the last day of the month in which the employee becomes 70 years of age or completes 15 years of service if then over that age, and pay ends from that day. (b) The employing office shall notify each employee under its direction of the date of his separation from the service at least 60 days in advance thereof, and subsection (a) of this section does not take effect without the consent of the employee until 60 days after he is so notified. (c) The President, by Executive order, may exempt an employee from automatic separation under this section when in his judgment the public interest so requires. (d) The automatic separation provisions of this section do not apply to— (1) an individual named by a statute providing for the continuance of the individual in the service; (2) a Member; (3) a Congressional employee; or (4) an employee in the judicial branch appointed to hold office for a definite term of years. (e) This section applies to an employee of The Alaska Railroad in Alaska, and to an employee who is a citizen of the United States employed on the Isthmus of Panama by the Panama Canal Company or the Canal Zone Government, who becomes 62 years of age and completes 15 years of service in Alaska or on the Isthmus of Panama. § 8336. Immediate retirement (a) A n employee who is separated from the service after becoming 60 years of age and completing 30 years of service is entitled to an annuity. (b) An employee who is separated from the service after becoming 55 years of age (but before becoming 60 years of age) and completing 30 years of service is entitled to a reduced annuity. (c) An employee, the duties of whose position are primarily the investigation, apprehension, or detention of individuals suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal laws of the United States, including an employee engaged in this activity who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position, who is separated from the service after becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service in the performance of these duties is entitled to an annuity if the head of his agency recommends his retirement and the Civil Service Commission approves that recommendation. The head of the agency and the Commission shall consider fully the degree of hazard to which the employee is subjected in the performance of his duties, instead of the general duties of the class of the position held by the employee. For the purpose of this subsection, "detention" includes the duties of— (1) employees of the Bureau of Prisons and Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated; (2) employees of the Public Health Service assigned to the field service of the Bureau of Prisons or of the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated;

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