[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 124 (Thursday, August 25, 1994)]
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                ALVARO DE LUGO UNITED STATES POST OFFICE

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 566, H.R. 4190, 
to designate the U.S. Post Office located at 41-42 Norre Gade as the 
``Alvaro de Lugo United States Post Office.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 4190) to designate the United States Post 
     Office located at 41-42 Norre Gade in Saint Thomas, Virgin 
     Islands, as the ``Alvaro de Lugo United States Post Office''.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill 
which had been reported from the Committee on Governmental Affairs, 
with an amendment and an amendment to the title.
  The parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in italic.

                               H.R. 4190

       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.''.


                           amendment no. 2574

  (Purpose: To designate the building located at 41-42 Norre Gade in 
    Saint Thomas, VI, 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 amend title 39 United States Code, to make 
  applicable with respect to the United States Postal Service certain 
    exclusionary authority relating to the treatment of reemployed 
   annuitants under the civil service retirement laws, and for other 
                               purposes)

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Heflin, I send an 
amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Ford], for Mr. Heflin, for 
     himself, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Bond, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
     Exon, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Lott, and Mr. Shelby, proposes an 
     amendment numbered 2574.

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the 
amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On page --, beginning with line 7, strike out all through 
     line 16 on page 4 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF EXCLUSIONARY AUTHORITY.

       Section 1005(d) of title 39, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``(d)'' and inserting ``(d)(1)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) The provisions of subsection (g) of section 5532, 
     subsections (i) and (l)(2) of section 8344, and subsections 
     (f) and (i)(2) of section 8468 of title 5 shall apply with 
     respect to the Postal Service. For purposes of so applying 
     such provisions--
       ``(A) any reference in such provisions to the head of an 
     Executive agency shall be considered a reference to the 
     Postmaster General; and
       ``(B) any reference in such provisions to an employee shall 
     be considered a reference to an officer or employee of the 
     Postal Service.''.

     SEC. 4. ASSIGNMENT AUTHORITY.

       Section 8706(e) of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``Federal judge'' and inserting ``employee 
     or former employee'';
       (2) by striking ``judge's'' and inserting ``employee's or 
     former employee's''; and
       (3) by striking ``purchase'' and inserting ``purchased''.
       Amend the title so as to read: ``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 amend title 39, United States Code, to make 
     applicable with respect to the United States Postal Service 
     certain exclusionary authority relating to the treatment of 
     reemployed annuitants under the civil service retirement 
     laws, and for other purposes.''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendment is agreed to.
  Without objection, the bill, as amended, will be read the third time, 
and passed.
  So the bill (H.R. 4190), as amended, was deemed read the third time 
and passed.
  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
bill, as amended, was passed.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  So the title was amended so as to read ``An Act to designate the 
building located at 41-42 Norre Grande 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 employed, on temporary basis, to 
serve as rural letter carriers or rural postmasters.''
  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
bill, as amended, was passed.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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