Public Law 78–331

That the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the retirement and retirement annuities of civilian members of the teaching staff at the United States Naval Academy and the Postgraduate School, United States Naval Academy”, approved January 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1092; 34 U. S. C. 1073–1073e), is amended by inserting therein a new section numbered 4A. reading as follows:

“Sec. 4A.

Each civilian member of the teaching staffs who is hereafter retired on or after reaching the age of retirement set forth

49 Stat. 1092.

34 U. S. C. § 1073b.

in section 3 of this Act shall be paid a life annuity, terminable on his death, at the rate of the following total annual amount: The average annual basic salary, pay, or compensation received by such civilian teacher during any five consecutive years of allowable service at the option of such teacher, multiplied by the number of years of service, not exceeding thirty-five years, and divided by seventy. The retirement annuity payable to each such retired teacher, under any annuity policy provided for by this Act, or under the provisions of section 4 of this Act, shall be counted as payable on account of the

49 Stat. 1092.

34 U. S. C. § 1073c.

retirement annuity provided in this section 4A, and the Secretary of the Navy shall pay to each such retired teacher, from such appropriations as may be made for the purpose, such additional sums, if any, as will bring the total annual sum paid to such retired teacher to the total annual amount prescribed in this section 4A: Provided,

No reduction in annuities.

That nothing herein contained shall operate to reduce the retirement annuity which would have been payable to any such retired teacher if this section had not been enacted: And provided further, That no

Exclusions.

payments under this section shall be made to any member of said staffs who shall be entitled to retirement and retirement benefits under the provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920,

41 Stat. 614.

5 U. S. C. § 691 et seq.; Supp. II, § 691 et seq.

as amended, and shall elect, or shall have elected, to continue thereunder.”

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Sec. 2.

Section 5 of the said Act of January 16, 1936, is hereby

Senior professors.

49 Stat. 1093.

34 U. S. C. § 1073d.

amended by striking out the word “and” before the word “professors”, and by striking out the period after said word “professors”, and by adding after said word a comma, followed by the words “and senior professors”.