[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5223 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5223

To provide that a spouse, former spouse, surviving spouse, or surviving 
former spouse may qualify for retirement, survivor, and health benefits 
  under the Foreign Service Act if the Foreign Service participant is 
disqualified for such benefits for reasons of misconduct or disloyalty 
                         to the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 1994

Mrs. Maloney introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly 
 to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Post Office and Civil Service

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that a spouse, former spouse, surviving spouse, or surviving 
former spouse may qualify for retirement, survivor, and health benefits 
  under the Foreign Service Act if the Foreign Service participant is 
disqualified for such benefits for reasons of misconduct or disloyalty 
                         to the United States.

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

SECTION 1. RETENTION OF SPOUSAL RETIREMENT, SURVIVOR, AND HEALTH 
              BENEFITS UNDER FOREIGN SERVICE ACT IF PARTICIPANT 
              DISQUALIFIED DUE TO MISCONDUCT OR DISLOYALTY TO THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--The Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 833 the following new 
section:
    ``Sec. 834. Retention of Spousal Retirement, Survivor, and Health 
Benefits if Participant Disqualified Due to Misconduct or Disloyalty to 
The United States.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
subchapter, any retirement, survivor, health, or other benefit which 
would be payable or available under this subchapter to an otherwise 
qualified surviving spouse, former spouse, or surviving former spouse 
except that the participant is disqualified for such benefits under 
this Act for official misconduct or disloyalty to the United States, 
shall be paid and made available to any such spouse (in the same manner 
as such payments would have been made but for the participant's 
disqualification) if such spouse had no involvement in such misconduct 
or disloyalty to the United States.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to any application for benefits after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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