114 STAT. 2763A-196 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D section 8334(c) if such service were service as a congressional employee.". (2) FERS. —Section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(i)(l) Upon application to the Office of Personnel Management, any individual who was an employee on the date of enactment of this paragraph, and who has on such date or thereafter acquired 5 years or more of creditable civilian service under this section (exclusive of service for which credit is allowed under this subsection) shall be allowed credit (as service as a congressional employee) for service before December 31, 1990, while employed by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic National Congressional Committee, or the Republican National Congressional Committee, if— "(A) such employee has at least 4 years and 6 months of service on such committees as of December 31, 1990; and "(B) such employee deposits to the Fund an amount equal to 1.3 percent of the base pay for such service, with interest. "(2) The Office shall accept the certification of the President of the Senate (or the President's designee) or the Speaker of the House of Representatives (or the SpeaJ^er's designee), as the case may be, concerning the service of, and the amount of compensation received by, an employee with respect to whom credit is to be sought under this subsection. "(3) An individual shall not be granted credit for such service under this subsection if eligible for credit under section 8332(m) for such service.". (b) FORMER EMPLOYEES OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICE ORGANIZA- TIONS.— (1) SERVICE OF EMPLOYEES OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. — (A) IN GENERAL. —Subject to succeeding provisions of this paragraph, upon application to the Office of Personnel Management in such form and manner as the Office shall prescribe, any individual who performed service as an employee of a legislative service organization of the House of Representatives (as defined and authorized in the One Hundred Third Congress) and whose pay was paid in whole or in part by a source other than the Clerk Hire account of a Member of the House of Representatives (other than an individual described in paragraph (6)) shall be entitled— (i) to receive credit under the provisions of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code (whichever would be appropriate), as congressional employee service, for all such service; and (ii) to have all pay for such service which was so paid by a source other than the Clerk Hire account of a Member included (in addition to any amounts otherwise included in basic pay) for purposes of computing an annuity payable out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. (B) DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT.—In order to be eligible for the benefits described in subparagraph (A), an individual shall be required to pay into the Civil Service Retirement
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