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 94 STAT. 2102 Employment of spouses.

Family liaison office, establishment.

PUBLIC LAW 96-465—OCT. 17, 1980

(b)(1) The Secretary may facilitate the employment of spouses of members of the Service by— (A) providing regular career counseling for such spouses; (B) maintaining a centralized system for cataloging their skills and the various governmental and nongovernmental employment opportunities available to them; and (C) otherwise assisting them in obtaining employment. (2) The Secretary shall establish a family liaison office to carry out this subsection and such other functions as the Secretary may determine. CHAPTER 8—FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM

22 USC 4041.

22 USC 21. 22 USC 4042.

SEC. 801. ADMINISTRATION OF THE SYSTEM.—In accordance with

such regulations as the President may prescribe, the Secretary of State shall administer the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "System"), originally established pursuant to section 18 of the Act of May 24, 1924 (43 Stat. 144). SEC. 802. MAINTENANCE OF THE FUND.—The Secretary of

the

Treasury shall maintain the special fund known as the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "Fund"), originally created by section 18 of the Act 22 USC 21. of May 24, 1924 (43 Stat. 144). 22 USC 4043. SEC. 803. PARTICIPANTS.—(a) The following members of the Service (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as "participants") shall be entitled to the benefits of the System: (1) Every member who is serving under a career appointment or as a career candidate under section 306— (A) in the Senior Foreign Service, or (B) assigned to a salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule. (2) Every chief of mission, who is not a participant under paragraph (1), who— (A) has served as chief of mission for an aggregate period of 20 years or more, and (B) has paid into the Fund a special contribution for each year of such service in accordance with section 805. (b) Any otherwise eligible member of the Service who is appointed to a position in the executive branch by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or by the President alone, shall not by virtue of the acceptance of such appointment cease to be eligible to participate in the System. Binational (c) In addition to the individuals who are participants in the System enter Grantee, under subsection (a), any individual who was appointed as a Binaeligibility. tional Center Grantee and who completed at least 5 years of satisfactory service as such a grantee or under any other appointment under 22 USC 801 note. the Foreign Service Act of 1946 may become a participant in the System, and shall receive credit for such service if an appropriate special contribution is made to the Fund in accordance with section 805(d) or (f). 22 USC 4044. SEC. 804. DEFINITIONS.—As used in this chapter, unless otherwise specified, the term— (1) "annuitant" means any individual, including a former participant or survivor, who meets all requirements for an annuity from the Fund under this or any other Act and who has filed a claim for such annuity; (2) "child" means an individual—

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