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PUBLIC LAW 8 6 - 3 8 2 - S E P T. 28, 1969
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DEFINITIONS
SEC. 2. As used in this Act— (a) "Employee" means an appointive or elective officer or employee in or under the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of the United States Government, including a Government-owned or controlled corporation (but not including any corporation under the supervision of the F a r m Credit Administration, of which corporation any member of the board of directors is elected or appointed by private interests), or of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, and includes an Official Reporter of Debates of the Senate and a person employed by the Official Reporters of Debates of the Senate in connection with the performance of their official duties, and an employee of Gallaudet College, but does not include (1) a member of a "uniformed service" as such term is defined in section 1072 of title 10 of '^ ^*®*' ^'*^^* the United States Code, (2) a noncitizen employee whose permanentduty station is located outside a State of the United States or the District of Columbia, or (3) an employee of the Tennessee Valley Authority. (b) "Government" means the Government of the United States of America (including the municipal government of the District of Columbia). (c) "Annuitant" means— (1) an employee who on or after the effective date of the provisions referred to in section 16 retires on an immediate annuity, under the Civil Service Retirement Act or other retirement system |o ^*|*c^||s i ^t for civilian employees of the Government, after twelve or more se^. years of service or for disability, (2) a member of a family who receives an immediate annuity as the survivor of a retired employee described in clause (1) or of an employee who dies after completing five or more years of service, (3) an employee who receives monthly compensation under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act as a result of injury \^^scis\note, sustained or illness contracted on or after such date of enactment and who is determined by the Secretary of Labor to be unable to return to duty, and (4) a member of a family who receives monthly compensation under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act as the surviving beneficiary of (A) an employee who, having completed five or more years of service, dies as a result of illness or injury compensable under such Act or (B) a former employee who is separated after having completed five or more years of service and who dies while receiving monthly compensation under such Act on account of injury sustained or illness contracted on or after such date of enactment and has been held by the Secretary of Labor to have been unable to return to duty. For the purpose of this subsection, "service" means service which is creditable for the purposes of the Civil Service Retirement Act. (d) "Member of family" means an employee's or annuitant's spouse and any unmarried child (1) under the age of nineteen years (including (A) an adopted child, and (B) a stepchild or recognized natural child who lives with the employee or annuitant in a regular parentchild relationship), or (2) regardless of age who is incapable of selfsupport because of mental or physical incapacity that existed prior to his reaching the age of nineteen years.
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