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 94 STAT. 2152

22 USC 1003. Ante, p. 2097.

22 USC 4157. 22 USC 4158.

22 USC 4159.

Ante, p. 2113.

Ante, p. 2102. Ante, p. 2120.

PUBLIC LAW 96-465—OCT. 17, 1980

Retirement and Disability System so long as he or she is employed in an agency which is authorized to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system. If such an election is made, the individual shall be transferred to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System and contributions made by that individual to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund shall be transferred to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund. (c) Individuals who are converted under this chapter shall be converted to the type of appointment which corresponds most closely in tenure to the type of appointment under which they were serving immediately prior to such conversion, except that this chapter shall not operate to extend the duration of any limited appointment or previously applicable time in class. (d) Any individual who on the effective date of this Act is serving— (1) under an appointment in the Foreign Service, or (2) in any other office or position continued by this Act, may continue to serve under such appointment, subject to the provisions of this Act, and need not be reappointed by virtue of the enactment of this Act. (e) Any individual in the Foreign Service— (1) who is serving under a career appointment on the date of enactment of this Act, and (2) who was not subject to section 633(a)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 immediately before the effective date of this Act, may not be retired under section 608 of this Act until 10 years after the effective date of this Act or when such individual first becomes eligible for an immediate annuity under chapter 8 of title I of this Act, whichever occurs first. SEC. 2107. REGULATIONS.—Under the direction of the President, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the implementation of this chapter. SEC. 2108. AUTHORITY OF OTHER AGENCIES.—The heads of agencies other than the Department of State which utilize the Foreign Service personnel system shall perform functions under this chapter in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State under section 2107. Such agency heads shall consult with the Secretary of State in the exercise of such functions. SEC. 2109. SURVIVOR BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN FORMER SPOUSES.—(a)

Any participant or former participant in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System who on February 15, 1981, has a former spouse may, by a spousal agreement, elect to receive a reduced annuity and provide a survivor annuity for such former spouse under section 814(b). (b)(1) If the participant or former participant has not retired under such system on or before February 15, 1981, an election under this section may be made at any time before retirement. (2) If the participant or former participant has retired under such system on or before February 15, 1981, an election under this section may be made within such period after February 15, 1981, as the Secretary of State may prescribe. (3) For purposes of applying chapter 8 of title I, any such election shall be treated the same as if it were a spousal agreement under section 820(b)(1). (c) An election under this section may provide for a survivor benefit based on all or any portion of that part of the annuity of the participant which is not designated or committed as a base for survivor benefits for a spouse or any other former spouse of the

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