[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1120 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1120

  To provide that periods of training in the Cadet Nurse Corps during 
 World War II be made creditable for Federal retirement purposes with 
respect to annuitants and certain other individuals not included under 
                           Public Law 99-638.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 16 (legislative day, June 15), 1993

  Mr. Shelby introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that periods of training in the Cadet Nurse Corps during 
 World War II be made creditable for Federal retirement purposes with 
respect to annuitants and certain other individuals not included under 
                           Public Law 99-638.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``World War II Cadet Nurse Civil 
Service Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF ANNUITANTS.

    (a) Conditions for Annuity Redeterminations Generally.--Subject to 
subsection (b) and the following sentence, in the case of any 
individual who--
            (1) engaged in at least one year of training as a student 
        or graduate nurse under a plan approved under section 2 of the 
        Act of June 15, 1943 (57 Stat. 153), and
            (2) was separated from service as an employee (within the 
        meaning of section 8331(1) of title 5, United States Code) 
        before the date of the enactment of this Act,
any annuity under subchapter III of chapter 83 of such title, based on 
the service of such individual, shall be redetermined by taking into 
account, and treating as creditable service, any period of such 
training engaged in by such individual. An individual shall be 
ineligible for consideration under this section if such individual 
could have qualified for a redetermined annuity under the first section 
of Public Law 99-638.
    (b) Application and Deposit Requirements.--This section shall not 
apply with respect to any individual satisfying subsection (a) unless, 
within fourteen months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
such individual--
            (1) submits appropriate written application to the Office 
        of Personnel Management in such form and manner as the Office 
        may prescribe; and
            (2) makes an appropriate deposit in accordance with section 
        8334(c) of title 5, United States Code, with respect to the 
        period of training involved.
    (c) Prospective Applicability.--Any change in an annuity resulting 
from a redetermination under subsection (a) shall be effective only 
with respect to amounts accruing for months beginning after the 
requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) have been met 
by the individual involved.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) In General.--In the case of any individual who engaged in at 
least one year but less than two years of training (as described in 
section 1(a)(1)), the total period of such training shall be treated as 
creditable civilian service for purposes of subchapter III of chapter 
83, or chapter 84, of title 5, United States Code, as applicable, if--
            (1) within fourteen months after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, such individual submits appropriate written 
        application to the Office of Personnel Management in such form 
        and manner as the Office may prescribe;
            (2) at the time of filing the application under paragraph 
        (1), such individual is employed by the Government and subject 
        to subchapter III of chapter 83, or chapter 84, of such title; 
        and
            (3) before the date of the separation on which is based the 
        individual's entitlement to an annuity under subchapter III of 
        chapter 83, or chapter 84, of such title, as applicable, such 
        individual deposits into the Civil Service Retirement and 
        Disability Fund the amount required under subsection (b) with 
        respect to the period of training involved.
    (b) Deposit Requirement.--The amount to be deposited under 
subsection (a)(3) shall be determined by the Office of Personnel 
Management in a manner consistent with applicable provisions of 
subchapter III of chapter 83, or chapter 84, of title 5, United States 
Code, or title III of the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 
1986, as the case may be, relating to deposits for earlier periods of 
civilian service for which deductions from basic pay have not been 
made.

SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.

    The Office of Personnel Management shall, not later than two months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, prescribe regulations to 
carry out this Act.

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