[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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[H.R. 4190 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 566

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4190

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                                 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.

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              August 12 (legislative day, August 11), 1994

        Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title





                                                       Calendar No. 566
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4190


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 25 (legislative day, May 16), 1994

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental 
                                Affairs

              August 12 (legislative day, August 11), 1994

 Reported by Mr. Glenn, with an amendment and an amendment to the title
                  [Insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

    The building located at 41-42 Norre Gade in Saint Thomas, Virgin 
Islands, shall, for the period of time during which it houses 
operations of the United States Postal Service, be known and designated 
as the ``Alvaro de Lugo Post Office''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

    Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the building referred to in section 1 
shall, with respect to the period referred to in section 1, be deemed 
to be a reference to the Alvaro de Lugo Post Office.

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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 1994.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.