Volume 80 · 847
Public Law 89–604
To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act in order to correct an inequity in the application of such Act with respect to the United States Botanic Garden, and for other purposes.
Approved September 26, 1966
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act in order to correct an inequity in the application of such Act with respect to the United States Botanic Garden, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That
section 1(c) of the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2251(c)), is amended by inserting “an officer or employee of the United States Botanic Garden,” immediately following “the Architect of the Capitol and the employees of the Architect of the Capitol,”.
Section 2(c) of such Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2252(c)), is amended by inserting “and officers and employees of the United States Botanic Garden” immediately following “the employees of the Architect of the Capitol”.
Section 2(f) of such Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2252(f)), is amended by striking out “; and the Architect of the Capitol and the Librarian of Congress are authorized to exclude from the operation of this Act any employees under the office of the Architect of the Capitol and the Library of Congress, respectively, whose tenure of employment is temporary or of uncertain duration.” and inserting in lieu thereof “; and the Architect of the Capitol, the Librarian of Congress, and the Director or Acting Director of the United States Botanic Garden are authorized to exclude from the operation of this Act any employees under the office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, and the United States Botanic Garden, respectively, whose tenure of employment is temporary or of uncertain duration.”.
Sec. 2.
The provisions under the heading “Civil Service Retirement
Limitation not applicable.
and Disability Fund” in title I of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1959 (72 Stat. 1064; Public Law 85–844), shall
not apply with respect to benefits resulting from the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 3.
The amendments made by the first section of this Act shall not apply in the case of officers and employees retired or otherwise separated prior to the date of enactment of this Act. The rights of such persons and their survivors shall continue in the same manner and to the same extent as if such amendments had not been enacted.
Approved September 26, 1966.