[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 126 (Monday, September 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 12, 1994]
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                ALVARO DE LUGO UNITED STATES POST OFFICE

  The text of the bill (H.R. 4190) to designate the U.S. Post Office 
located at 41-42 Norre Gade in Saint Thomas Virgin Islands, as the 
``Alvaro de Lugo United States Post Office,'' as passed by the Senate 
on August 25, 1994, is as follows:

       Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives 
     (H.R. 4190) entitled ``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'', do pass with the following amendments:
       Page 2, after line 2, insert:

     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.''.

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