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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

[80 STAT.

(3) employees in the field service at Army or Navy disciplinary barracks or at confinement and rehabilitation facilities operated by any of the armed forces; and (4) employees of the Department of Corrections of the District of Columbia, its industries and utilities; whose duties in connection with individuals in detention suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal laws of the United States or of the District of Columbia or offenses against the punitive articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (chapter 47 of title 10) require frequent (as determined by the appropriate administrative authority with the concurrence of the Commission) direct contact with these individuals in their detention, direction, supervision, inspection, training, employment, care, transportation, or rehabilitation. (d) An employee who is mvoluntarily separated from the service, except by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, after completing 25 years of service or after becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service is entitled to a reduced annuity. (e) An employee who is separated from the service after becoming 62 years of age and completing 5 years of service is entitled to an annuity. (f) A INIember who is separated from the service after becoming 62 years of age and completing 5 years of civilian service or after becoming 60 years of age and completing 10 years of Member service is entitled to an annuity. A Member 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. A Member who is separated from the service, except by resignation or expulsion, after completing 25 years of service or after becoming 50 years of age and (1) completing 20 years of service or (2) serving in 9 Congresses is entitled to a reduced annuity. (g) An annuity or reduced annuity authorized by this section is computed under section 8339 of this title. § 8337. Disability retirement (a) An employee who completes 5 years of civilian service and is found by the Civil Service Commission to have become disabled shall be retired on his own application or on application by his agency. A Member who completes 5 years of Member service and is found by the Commission to have become disabled shall be retired on his own application. An annuity authorized by this section is computed under section 8339 of this title. (b) A claim may be allowed under this section only if the application is filed with the Commission before the employee or Member is separated from the service or within 1 year thereafter. This time limitation may be waived by the Commission for an employee or Member who at the date of separation from service or within 1 year thereafter is mentally incompetent, if the application is filed with the Commission within 1 year from the date of restoration of the employee or Member to competency or the appointment of a fiduciary, whichever is earlier. (c) An annuitant receiving disability retirement annuity from the Fund shall be examined under the direction of the Commission— (1) at the end of 1 year from the date of the disability retirement; and (2) annually thereafter until he becomes 60 years of age; unless his disability is permanent in character. I f the annuitant fails to submit to examination as required by this section, payment of

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