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 90 STAT. 1462

Effective date.

PUBLIC LAW 94-440—OCT. 1, 1976

. each; and six K-9 Officers, Police Force at not to exceed $13,992 per annum each in lieu of not to exceed $13,038 per annum each. (b) Subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1976. Any designation of a private of the Capitol Police as a private, first class, shall be made effective on the first day of a month, and no such designation may be effective before the first day of the first month which begins after the day on which such private has served satisfactorily as a member of the Capitol Police for thirty months. COST OF LIVING

Effective date. 5 USC 8340 note.

Effective date. 5 USC 8340 note.

ADJUSTMENTS

SEC. 1306. (a) Section 8340(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out "1 percent plus". (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any increase in annuities after the date of enactment of this Act. (c)(1) Section 8340(b) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), is amended to read as follows: "(b)(1) The Commission shall— "(A) on January 1 of each year, or within a reasonable time thereafter, determine the percent change in the price index published for December of the preceding year over the price index published for June of the preceding year, and " (B) on July 1 of each year, or within a reasonable time thereafter, determine the percent change in the price index published for June of such year over the price index published for December of the preceding year, "(2) If in any year the percent change determined under either paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) indicates a rise in the price index, then— "(A) effective March 1 of such year, in the case of an increase under paragraph (1)(A), each annuity payable from the Fund having a commencing date not later than such March 1 shall be increased by the percent change computed under such paragraph, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 percent, or "(B) effective September 1 of such year, in the case of an increase under paragraph (1)(B), each annuity payable from the Fund having a commencing date not later than such September 1 shall be increased by the percent change computed under such paragraph, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 percent.". (2) The amendment made by subsection (1) shall apply to any increase in annuities after the date of enactment of this Act, except that with respect to the first date after the date of enactment of this Act on which the Commission is to determine a percent change, such percent change shall be determined by computing the change in the price index published for the month immediately preceding such first date over the price index for the last month prior to the date of enactment of this Act for which the price index showed a percent rise forming the basis for a cost-of-living annuity increase under section 8340(b) of title 5, United States Code, as in effect immediately prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. (d)(1) Section 1401a (b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(b)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall— "(A) on January 1 of each year, or within a reasonable time thereafter, determine the percent change in the index published for December of the preceding year over the index published for June of the preceding year; and

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