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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Part I · Chapter 52 — Foreign Service

§ 4063. Annuity adjustment for recall service

Statutory text

(a)

Full salary in lieu of annuity; contributions to Fund; resumption of annuity with cost-of-living adjustment

Any annuitant recalled to duty in the Service under section 3948(a) of this title shall, while so serving, be entitled in lieu of annuity to the full salary of the class in which serving. During such service the recalled annuitant shall make contributions to the Fund in accordance with section 4045 of this title. On the day following termination of the recall service, the former annuity shall be resumed, adjusted by any cost-of-living increases under section 4065 of this title that became effective during the recall period.

(b)

Refund of contributions to Fund; election for supplemental annuity or determination of annuity anew; prior service counted as recall service

If the recall service lasts less than one year, the contributions of the annuitant to the Fund during recall service shall be refunded in accordance with section 4055 of this title. If the recall service lasts more than one year, the annuitant may, in lieu of such refund, elect a supplemental annuity computed under section 4046 of this title on the basis of service credit and average salary earned during the recall period irrespective of the number of years of service credit previously earned. If the recall service continues for at least 5 years, the annuitant may elect to have his or her annuity determined anew under section 4046 of this title in lieu of any other benefits under this section. Any annuitant who is recalled under section 3948 of this title may upon written application count as recall service any prior service that is creditable under section 4056 of this title that was performed after the separation upon which his or her annuity is based.

(c)

Annuitant subject to Foreign Service Pension System

If an annuitant becomes subject to part II of this subchapter by reason of recall service—

(1)

subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to such annuitant; and

(2)

section 4064 of this title shall apply to the recall service as if such service were reemployment.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 96–465 title I § 823 · 94 Stat. 2071

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 4063

    Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 823, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2122

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 823, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2122

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 823. Annuity Adjustment for Recall Service.— (a) Any annuitant recalled to duty in the Service under section 308(a) shall, while so serving, be entitled in lieu of annuity to the full salary of the class in which serving. During such service the recalled annuitant shall make contributions to the Fund in accordance with section 805. On the day following termination of the recall service, the former annuity shall be resumed, adjusted by any cost-of-living increases under section 825 that became effective during the recall period. (b) If the recall service lasts less than one year, the contributions of the annuitant to the Fund during recall service shall be refunded in accordance with section 815. If the recall service lasts more than one year, the annuitant may, in lieu of such refund, elect a supplemental annuity computed under section 806 on the basis of service credit and average salary earned during the recall period irrespective of the number of years of service credit previously earned. If the recall service continues for at least 5 years, the annuitant may elect to have his or her annuity determined anew under section 806 in lieu of any other benefits under this section. Any annuitant who is recalled under section 308 may upon written application count as recall service any prior service that is creditable under section 816 that was performed after the separation upon which his or her annuity is based.

  2. Pub. L. 99–335 title IV § 409 · 100 Stat. 514

    Added · 22 U.S.C. § 4063(c)

    Pub. L. 99–335 added subsec. (c)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–335 added subsec. (c).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 409. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN RECALL SERVICE. Section 823 (22 U.S.C. 4063) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “(c) If an annuitant becomes subject to subchapter II of this chapter by reason of recall service— Post, p. 615. “(1) subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to such annuitant; and “(2) section 824 shall apply to the recall service as if such service were reemployment.”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 99–335 effective Jan. 1, 1987, see section 702(a) of Pub. L. 99–335, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8401 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1986—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–335 added subsec. (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 99–335 effective , see section 702(a) of Pub. L. 99–335, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8401 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Credits

1980–1986 · 2 acts
  1. 1980Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 823, , 94 Stat. 2122
  2. 1986Pub. L. 99–335, title IV, § 409, , 100 Stat. 612.
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(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 823, , 94 Stat. 2122; Pub. L. 99–335, title IV, § 409, , 100 Stat. 612.)

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