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 PUBLIC LAW 98-270—APR. 18, 1984

Public Law 98-270 98th Congress

98 STAT. 157

An Act

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 3 of the First Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for the fiscal year 1984.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I—SHORT TITLE AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

Apr. 18, 1984 [H.R. 4169] Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1983.

SHORT TITLE

SEC. 101. This Act may be cited as the "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1983". PURPOSE

SEC. 102. It is the purpose of this Act to implement the recommendations which were made by specified committees of the House of Representatives pursuant to directions contained in section 3 of the First Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for the fiscal year 1984 (H. Con. Res. 91, 98th Congress), and pursuant to the reconciliation requirements which were set forth by such concurrent resolution as provided in section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

2 USC 641.

TITLE II—COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

SEC. 201. (a) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 8340 of title 5, United States Code, are amended to read as follows: "(a) For the purpose of this section— "(1) the term 'base quarter', as used with respect to a year, means the calendar quarter ending on September 30, of such year; and "(2) the price index for a base quarter is the arithmetical mean of such index for the 3 months comprising such quarter. "(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, effective December 1 of each year, each annuity pavable from the Fund having a commencing date not later than such December 1 shall be increased by the percent change in the price index for the base quarter of such year over the price index for the base quarter of the preceding year in which an adjustment under this subsection was made, adjusted to the nearest Vio of 1 percent.". (b)(l) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that no adjustment under section 8340(b) of title 5, United States Code (as amended by such subsection), shall be made during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending November 30, 1984. (2)(A) For purposes of the first adjustment under section 8340(b) of title 5, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), the base

Effective date. 5 USC 8340 note.

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