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52 Stat. 31.

5°us*c*833f ef seq.

Txfsc'kioret seq.

PUBLIC LAW 90-83-SEPT. 11, 1967

[81 STAT.

"(D) the government of the District of Columbia; and " (2) 'employee' means— " (A) an individual employed in or under an agency; and " (B) an individual employed by a county committee established under section 590h (b) of title 16; but does not include— "(i) an employee whose rate of basic pay is fixed at a rate provided for one of the levels of the Executive Schedule or IS in excess of the maximum rate for GS-18; "(ii) an employee serving under an appointment with a definite time limitation, except one so appointed for full-time employment without a break in service of more than 3 days following service under an appointment without time limitation; "(iii) an alien employee who occupies a position outside the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Canal Zone; "(iv) an employee who is subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of this title or any other retirement statute or retirement system applicable to an employee as defined by section 2105 of this title or a member of a uniformed service and who, at the time of separation from the service, has fulfilled the requirements for immediate annuity under such a statute or system; "(v) an employee who, at the time of separation from the service, is receiving compensation under subchapter I of chapter 81 of this title, other than one receiving this compensation concurrently with pay or on account of the death of another individual; "(vi) an employee who, at the time of separation from the service, is entitled to receive other severance pay from the ' Government; "(vii) an employee of the Tennessee Valley Authority; or "(viii) such other employee as may be excluded by regulations of the President or such other officer or agency as he may designate. "(b) Under regulations prescribed by the President or such officer or agency as he may designate, an employee who— "(1) has been employed currently for a continuous period of at least 12 months; and " (2) is involuntarily separated from the service, not by removal for cause on charges of misconduct, delinquency, or inefficiency; is entitled to be paid severance pay in regular pay periods by the agency from which separated. "(c) Severance pay consists of— "(1) a basic severance allowance computed on the basis of 1 week's basic pay at the rate received immediately before separation for each year of civilian service up to and including 10 years for which severance pay has not been received under this or any other authority and 2 weeks' basic pay at that rate for each year of civilian service beyond 10 years for which severance pay has not been received under this or any other authority; and "(2) an age adjustment allowance computed on the basis of 10 percent of the total basic severance allowance for each year by which the age of the recipient exceeds 40 years at the time of separation. Total severance pay under this section may not exceed 1 year's pay at the rate received immediately before separation. For the purpose of

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