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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-335—JUNE 6, 1986

100 STAT. 569

"(B) has not recovered from the disability for which that individual was retired; the annuity of such individual shall be restored at the applicable rate under section 8452 effective the first of the year following any calendar year in which such individual's income from wages or selfemployment or both is less than 80 percent of the current rate of pay of the position occupied immediately before retirement. "(3) If an annuitant whose annuity is terminated because of a medical finding that the individual has recovered from disability is not reemployed in a position in which such individual is subject to this chapter, the annuity of such individual shall be restored at the applicable rate under section 8452 effective from the date on which the Office determines that there has been a recurrence of the disability. "(4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply in the case of an annuitant receiving an annuity from the Fund under subchapter II of this chapter. "§ 8456. Relationship to workers' compensation 5 USC 8456. "(a)(1) An individual is not entitled to receive an annuity under this subchapter and compensation for injury to or disability of the individual under subchapter I of chapter 81 covering the same 5 USC 8101. period of time. "(2) Paragraph (1) does not bar the right of a claimant to the greater benefit conferred by either subchapter referred to in such paragraph for any part of the period referred to in such paragraph. "(3) Paragraph (1) and the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 81 do not deny an individual an annuity which the individual is entitled to receive under this chapter on account of service performed by the individual and do not deny any concurrent benefit to the individual under subchapter I of chapter 81 on account of the death of another individual. "(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an individual's receipt of a lumpsum payment for compensation under section 8135 shall not affect the individual's entitlement to an annuity under this subchapter. "(2) If an annuity is payable under this subchapter by reason of the same disability for which a lump-sum payment of compensation referred to in paragraph (1) has been made, so much of the compensation as has been paid for a period extended beyond the date payment of the annuity commences, as determined by the Department of Labor, shall be refunded to that Department for credit to the Employees' Compensation Fund. Before the individual may receive the disability annuity, the individual shall— "(A) refund to the Department of Labor the amount representing the commuted compensation payments for the extended period; or "(B) authorize the deduction of the amount from the annuity. Deductions from the annuity may be made from accrued or accruing payments. The amounts deducted and withheld from the annuity shall be transmitted to the Department of Labor for reimbursement to the Employees' Compensation Fund. When the Department of Labor finds that the financial circumstances of an individual entitled to an annuity under this subchapter warrant deferred refunding under this paragraph, deductions from the annuity may be prorated against and paid from accruing payments in such manner as the Department determines appropriate.