[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1783 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1783

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to include service during World 
  War II in the United States merchant marine as military service for 
            purposes of the Civil Service Retirement System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 1993

  Mr. Hughes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 5, United States Code, to include service during World 
  War II in the United States merchant marine as military service for 
            purposes of the Civil Service Retirement System.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CREDITABILITY OF SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE UNITED 
              STATES MERCHANT MARINE.

    Section 8331(13) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' after the semicolon at the end of 
        subparagraph (B);
            (2) by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon at the end of 
        subparagraph (C); and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) in the United States merchant marine after 
                May 26, 1940, and before January 1, 1948;''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the amendments made by 
this Act shall apply with respect to annuities which commence before, 
on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that no 
monetary benefit by reason of such amendments shall accrue for any 
period before such date.
    (b) Annuitants.--
            (1) Recomputation.--An annuity or survivor annuity based on 
        the service of an employee or Member who performed service 
        described in section 8331(13)(D) of title 5, United States 
        Code, as added by section 1, shall, upon application to the 
        Office of Personnel Management, be recomputed to take such 
        service into account.
            (2) Prospective effect.--Any recomputation of an annuity 
        under paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to amounts 
        accruing for months beginning more than 30 days after the date 
        on which application for such recomputation is received by the 
        Office.
    (c) Duties of OPM.--
            (1) Notice.--The Office of Personnel Management shall take 
        such action as may be necessary and appropriate to inform 
        individuals entitled to have any service credited under section 
        8331(13)(D) of title 5, United States Code, as added by section 
        1, or to have any annuity recomputed under subsection (b), of 
        their entitlement to such credit or recomputation.
            (2) Assistance.--The Office shall, on request, assist any 
        individual referred to in paragraph (1) in obtaining from any 
        department, agency, or other instrumentality of the United 
        States any information in the possession of such 
        instrumentality which may be necessary to verify the 
        entitlement of such individual to have any service credited 
        under such section 8331(13)(D) or to have any annuity 
        recomputed under subsection (b).
            (3) Information.--Any department, agency, or other 
        instrumentality of the United States which possesses any 
        information with respect to an individual's performance of any 
        service described in such section 8331(13)(D) shall, at the 
        request of the Office, furnish such information to the Office.

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