Public Law 89–520

That section 303 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, as amended (31 U.S.C. 43), is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:

“Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph of this section, any person appointed to the Office of Comptroller General after January 1, 1966, and who at the time of his appointment is or has been subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act, shall be subject

70 Stat. 736.

5 USC 2251 note.

to all of the provisions of that Act, unless he shall in writing elect to be subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph of this section. Such election may be made at any time, but not later than sixty days after the expiration of the first ten years of service as Comptroller General, and shall be irrevocable. Any Comptroller General making such an election under this paragraph shall lie entitled to a refund of the lump-sum credit to his account in the Civil Service retirement and disability fund, but shall receive no benefits under the Civil Service Retirement Act.”

Sec. 2.

Section 319 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, as

Dependents’ annuities.

73 Stat. 197.

amended (31 U.S.C. 43b), is hereby amended by substituting a colon for the period at the end of subsection (a) and adding the following: “‘Provided, That in the case of a Comptroller General who elects in accordance with the third paragraph of section 303 of this Act to be subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of such section, the election permitted by this section may be made within sixty days after the making of the election permitted by the third paragraph of section 303.”