[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1983 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1983

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             March 25 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

  Mr. Heflin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

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

SECTION 1. EXCLUSION FROM 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.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to temporary appointments commencing on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

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