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PUBLIC LAW 90-83-SEPT. 11, 1967 "Base month." 80 Stat. 567.

[81 STAT.

"(16) 'base iiioiith' means the month for which the price index showed a percent rise forming the basis for a cost-of-living annuity increase." (73) Section 8332 is amended by inserting the following new subsection after subsection (j): " (k)(1) An employee who enters on approved leave without pay to serve as a full-time officer or employee of an organization composed primarily of employees as defined by section 8331(1) of this title, within 60 days after entering on that leave without pay, may file with his employing agency an election to receive full retirement credit for his periods of that leave without pay and arrange to pay currently into the Fund, through his employing agency, amounts equal to the retirement deductions and agency contributions that would be applicable if he were in pay status. If the election and all payments provided by this paragraph are not made, the employee may not receive credit for the periods of leave without pay occurring after July 17, 1966, notwithstanding the second sentence of subsection (f) of this section. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, 'employee' includes an employee who was on approved leave without pay and serving as a fulltime officer or employee of such an organization on July 18, 1966, and who filed a similar election before September 17, 1966. "(2) An employee may deposit with interest an amount equal to retirement deductions representing any period or periods of approved leave without pay while serving, before July 18, 1966, as a full-time officer or employee of an organization composed primarily of employees as defined by section 8331(1) of this title. An employee who makes the deposit shall be allowed full retirement credit for the period or periods of leave without pay. If the employee dies, a survivor as defined by section 8331(10) of this title may make the deposit. If the deposit is not made in full, retirement credit shall be allowed in accordance with the second sentence of subsection (f) of this section." (74) Section 8334(g) is amended— (A) by striking out the word "or" at the end of paragraph (2); (B) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting "; or" in place thereof; and (C) by inserting the following new paragraph after paragraph "(4) service performed before January 1, 1950, by natives of the Pribilof Islands in the taking and curing of fur seal skins and other activities in connection with the administration of the Pribilof Islands." (75) Section 8336(a) and (b) is amended to read as follows: " (a) An employee who is separated from the service after becoming 55 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 60 years of age and completing 20 years of service is entitled to an annuity." (76) Section 8337(e) is amended by striking out the words "within the purview of" wherever they appear and inserting "in which he is subject to" in place thereof. (77) Section 8338(a) is amended by striking out the words "not within the purview of" and inserting "in which he does not continue subject to" in place thereof. (78) Section 8339(g) is amended to read as follows: " (g) The annuity computed under subsections (a), (b), and (e) of this section for an employee retiring under section 8336(d) of this title is reduced by % of 1 percent for each full month the employee is under 55 years of age at the date of separation. The annuity

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