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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-350—JULY 12, 1976 (j) Subsection (c) of section 851 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as added by this title, shall be effective on the first day of the first pay period that be^ns more than thirty days after the effective date of this title. A participant who is on approved leave without pay and is serving as a full-time officer or employee of an organization composed primarily of Government employees on the effective date of such section shall have sixty days from such date to file an election under subsection (c) of said section 851. (k) Subsection (f) of section 851 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as added by this titlCj shall apply, in addition to present participants, to former participants who separated from the Foreign Service to enter the Armed Forces within the five-year period immediately preceding the effective date of this title and who are members of the Armed Forces on such date. (1) The annuity of a survivor who becomes immediately eligible for an annuity under subsection (c) of section 523 of this title or subsection (d) or (f) of this section shall become effective the first day of the first month which begins on or after the effective date of this title. However, payment shall be made only after receipt by the Department of State of such application for annuity and such proof of eligibility as the Secretary may require. If such application and proof of eligibility are not submitted during an otherwise eligible person's lifetime, no annuity shall be due or payable to his or her estate. (m) The amendment of subsections (a) and (b) of section 882 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 made by this title shall be effective on the fifteenth day of the third month which begins after the effective date of this title. (n) Annuities which commenced between— (A) the effective date of the last cost-of-living increase which became effective under section 882 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 prior to the effective date of this title, and (B) such effective date, shall be recomputed and, if necessary, adjusted retroactively to their commencing dates to apply the provisions of new subsections (c)(1) of section 882 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as added by section 515 of this title. (o) Any Foreign Service officer who is or becomes a career minister and who is not occupying a position to which appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be mandatorily retired for age in accordance with the schedule below and receive benefits under section 821 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, unless the Secretary determines it to be in the public interest to extend such officer's service for a period not to exceed five years:

90 STAT. 849 22 USC 1091 °ot^^"'^'?• °^^-

22 USC 1091 note,

22 USC 1064 note, ^"^*' P- ^'*^-

22 USC 1121 note, ^"^' P" ^^• 22 USC 1121 note,

. Career ministers, 22 USC 1001 note.