PUBLIC LAW 94-350—JULY 12, 1976
90 STAT. 845
under section 821(c) or 832 (c) or (d), shall be increased by the total per centum increase the annuitant was receiving under this section at death. " (3) For purposes of computing or recomputing an annuity to a child under section 821(c) or (d) or 832 (c) or (d), the items $900, $1,080, $2,700 and $3,240 appearing in section 821(c) shall be increased by the total per centum increases by which corresponding amounts are being increased under section 8340 of title 5, United States Code, on the date the child's annuity becomes effective.", (b) Section 882 of such Act is further amended by adding the following now subsection at the end thereof: " (f) Effective the first day of the second month which begins after the effective date of the Foreign Service Retirement Amendments of 1976 or on the commencing date of an annuity, whichever is later, the annuity of each surviving spouse whose entitlement to annuity resulted from the death— " (1) before the effective date of the Foreign Service Retirement Amendments of 1976, of (A) a participant, or (B) a former participant entitled to benefits under section 634(b); or " (2) of an annuitant who, prior to the effective date of the Foreign Service Retirement Amendments of 1976, elected a reduced annuity under this or any other Act in order to provide a spouse's survivor a n n u i t y; shall be increased by 10 per centum.".
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22 USC 1121.
Ante, p. 834.
22 USC 1004.
REPEALS
SEC. 516. Sections 833, 852, and 854 of such Act are repealed.
22 USC 1083, 1092, 1094.
RECALL
SEC. 517. (a) The caption of section 520 of such Act is amended to
22 USC 915.
read "REAPPOINTMENT AND RECALL".
(b) Subsection (b) of section 520 of such Act is amended to read as follows: " (b) Whenever the Secretary determines it to be in the public interest, any retired officer or employee of the Service may be recalled for active duty on a temporary or limited basis to any appropriate class in his or her former category, except that a retired Foreign Service officer may not be recalled to a class higher than he or she held at the time of retirement unless appointed to the higher class by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.". RETIREMENT OF CAREER
AMBASSADORS
SEC. 518. Section 631 and the heading thereto of such Act are amended to read as follows: "FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS WHO ARE CAREER AMBASSADORS
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22 USC 1001. '
" SEC. 631. Any Foreign Service officer who is a career ambassador, other than one occupying a position as chief of mission or any other position to which appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be retired from the Service at the end of the month in which the officer reaches age sixty-five and receive retirement benefits in accordance with the provisions of section 821, Ante, p. 837. but whenever the Secretary shall determine it to be in the public interest, such an officer may be retained on active service for a period
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