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H.R. 4190 (103rd): An Act to designate the building at 41-42 Norre Gade in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, for ther period of time during which it houses operations of the United States Postal Service, as the Alvaro de Lugo Post Office; and to amend title 39, United States Code, to make applicable with respect to the United States Postal Service exclusionary authority relating to the treatment of remployed annuitants under the civil service retirement laws, and for other purposes.

The text of the bill below is as of Aug 25, 1994 (Passed the Senate with an Amendment).


HR 4190 EAS

In the Senate of the United States,

?? (legislative day, ??), 1994.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4190) entitled ‘An Act to designate the building located at 41-42 Norre Gade in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, for the period of time during which it houses operations of the United States Postal Service, as the Alvaro de Lugo Post Office’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

    Page 2, after line 2, insert:

SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN POSTAL EMPLOYEES FROM FEDERAL RETIREMENT PROVISIONS RELATING TO REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS.

    (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM- Section 8344 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

    ‘(m)(1) For the purpose of this subsection--

      ‘(A) the term ‘postal annuitant’ means any individual who becomes an annuitant by reason of retirement from the United States Postal Service;

      ‘(B) the term ‘rural postmaster’ means the postmaster of any post office which provides regular postal services to any rural areas, communities, or small towns; and

      ‘(C) the term ‘rural letter carrier’ means an employee of the United States Postal Service occupying a position the regular duties of which involve the collection and delivery of mail on a rural route.

    ‘(2)(A) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any postal annuitant receiving an annuity from the Fund while such annuitant is employed by the United States Postal Service, on a temporary basis, as a rural postmaster or rural letter carrier, subject to subparagraph (B).

    ‘(B) This subsection shall not, in the case of any postal annuitant, have the effect of excluding from the application of subsections (a) and (b) more than--

      ‘(i) 90 days of service in any calendar year; or

      ‘(ii) a total of 180 days of service.’.

    (b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM- Section 8468 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

    ‘(j)(1) For the purpose of this subsection--

      ‘(A) the term ‘postal annuitant’ means any individual who becomes an annuitant by reason of retirement from the United States Postal Service;

      ‘(B) the term ‘rural postmaster’ means the postmaster of any post office which provides regular postal services to any rural areas, communities, or small towns; and

      ‘(C) the term ‘rural letter carrier’ means an employee of the United States Postal Service occupying a position the regular duties of which involve the collection and delivery of mail on a rural route.

    ‘(2)(A) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any postal annuitant receiving an annuity from the Fund while such annuitant is employed by the United States Postal Service, on a temporary basis, as a rural postmaster or rural letter carrier, subject to subparagraph (B).

    ‘(B) This subsection shall not, in the case of any postal annuitant, have the effect of excluding from the application of subsections (a) and (b) more than--

      ‘(i) 90 days of service in any calendar year; or

      ‘(ii) a total of 180 days of service.’.

    (c) CLARIFICATION- Nothing in this section shall have the effect of causing any reemployed annuitant to be treated as an active employee for purposes of any provision of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code.

    (d) APPLICABILITY- This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to temporary appointments commencing on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘An Act to designate the building located at 41-42 Norre Gade in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, for the period of time during which it houses operations of the United States Postal Service, as the Alvaro de Lugo Post Office; and to provide that the provisions of chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, relating to reemployed annuitants shall not apply with respect to postal retirees who are reemployed, on a temporary basis, to serve as rural letter carriers or rural postmasters.’.

Attest:

Secretary.