[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 674 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 674

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

                            January 25, 1995

 Mrs. Maloney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations and, in addition, to the Committee 
  on Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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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 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 participants 
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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