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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 957-AUG. 13 , 1946 been extended in accordance with the provisions of section 632; during the second year, at age sixty-three; during the third year, at age sixty- two; during the fourth year, at age sixty-one; and, thereafter, at age sixty, but in no event shall any Foreign Service officer be mandatorily retired for age during such four-year period until he has had fifteen years of service. (b) No Foreign Service officer shall be mandatorily retired in accord- ance with provisions of section 633 or 634 until three years after the effective date of this Act. RATE OF ANNUITIES TO BE RECOMPUTED SEC. 1112. The Secretary shall cause annuities of all persons who are receiving annuities from the Foreign Service Retirement and Dis- ability Fund on the effective date of this Act to be recomputed in accordance with the provisions of section 821 (a) and annuities pay- able to such persons shall, commencing on the effective date of this Act, be paid at the rates so determined, but no such recomputation or any other action taken pursuant to this Act shall operate to reduce the rate of the annuity received by any such person unless such person voluntarily elects to receive a reduced annuity as provided in section 821 (c). PART C-MISCELLAEOoU S TEMPORARY PROVISIONS BONDS SEC. 1121 . The provisions of this Act shall not operate to impair the validity of any existing bond furnished by any officer or employee of the Service. UBE OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 1122 . Funds appropriated to the Department of State for the fiscal year 1947, under the caption "Foreign Service", are hereby made available for the purposes of this Act in accordance with authority granted herein and such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. The appropriation of such additional funds as may be required to carry out the provisions of this Act is hereby authorized. PART D-REPEAL CLAUSES REPEAL OF PARTICULAR STATUTES SEC. 1131. The following statutes or parts of statutes are hereby repealed: (1) Section 208 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the Act of May 29, 1928 (ch. 901, Public Law Numbered 611, 45 Stat. 987) (5 U.S. C. 163). (2) Section 1674 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by section 6 of the Act of February 5, 1915 (ch. 23, Public Law Numbered 242, 38 Stat. 806), and as further amended by the Act of March 3, 1875 (ch. 153, 18 Stat. 483), and by that part of the Act of July 1, 1916 (ch. 208, Public Law Numbered 131, 39 Stat. 252), which constitutes the second proviso under the heading "Salaries of Secretaries in the Diplomatic Service" (22 U. S. C . 40 and 51). (3) Section 1675 of the Revised Statutes as amended by the Act of March 3, 1875 (ch. 153, 18 Stat. 483), and by that part of title I of the Act of February 27, 1925 (ch. 364, Public Law Numbered 502, 43 Stat. 1015), under the heading "Diplomatic and Consular Service" and the subheading "Ambassadors and Ministers" (22 U. S . C. 32). (4) Section 1685 of the Revised Statutes as amended by schedule A of the Act of March 2, 1909 (ch. 235, Public Law Numbered 292, 35 1035 Restriction. Ante, p. 101& Ante, p. 120. Reduction of rat Ante, p. 102L Ante, p. 448 thor eld. Ante, p. 8M .