Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/889

 PUBLIC LAW 95-105—AUG. 17, 1977

91 STAT. 855

(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with Effective date. respect to deaths occurring on or after August 1, 1974, and any bene- 22 USC 2679a fits authorized by those amendments shall be paid from funds appro- note. priated after the date of enactment of this Act for salaries and expenses. SPECIAL A N K U r r Y FOR CERTAIN OFFICERS SELECTED-OUT FROM THE FOREIGN SERVICE

SEC. 411. (a) Subject to the conditions established in subsection (b), any Foreign Service officer— (1) who was retired under section 633(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 before the date of enactment of this section; (2) who was not in class 1, 2, or 3 at the time of retirement; (3) who was 40 years of age or older at the time of retirement; and (4) who had at least 20 years of service, exclusive of credit for unused sick leave, creditable for purposes of section 821 of such Act at the time of retirement; shall be entitled to receive retirement benefits in accordance with the provisions of such section 824 in lieu of any retirement benefits which the officer may be entitled to elect under section 634(b)(2) of such Act. Such retirement benefits shall be paid from the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund and shall be effective on the date the officer reaches age 50, the date of enactment of this section, or October 1, 1977, whichever date is latest. (b) Retirement benefits may not be paid under this section unless (1) any refund of contributions paid to the officer under section 634(b)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 is repaid to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, with interest, in accordance with sections 811(d) and (f) of such Act; and (2) the service forming the basis for such retirement benefits is not used as the basis for any other retirement benefits under any retirement system. (c) In the event that an officer who is entitled to retirement benefits under this section dies before reaching the age of fifty, but after the date of enactment of this section, his or her death shall be considered a death in service within the meaning of section 832 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, except that no survivor's annuity (other than a survivor's annuity which would be payable under the first complete sentence in section 634(b)(2) of such Act but for the enactment of this section) shall become effective before October 1, 1977. (d) An officer entitled to retirement benefits under this section may make the election described in section 821(b) or (f), as appropriate, of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 at any time before reaching the age of fifty or before the end of the sixty-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this section, whichever is later.

Requirements. 22 USC 1004 note. 22 USC 1003.

22 USC 1076.

22 USC 1004.

22 USC 1071.

22 USC 1082. 22 USC 1004.

22 USC 1076.

COMPENSATION FOR JUNIOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS

SEC. 412. (a)(1) Paragraph (2) of section 5541 of title 5, United Definitions. States Code, is amended— (AJ by striking out "or" at the end of clause (xii); (B) by striking out the period at the end of clause (xiii) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end thereoi the following clauses:

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