PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 116 STAT. 451 continue to make contributions to the retirement system of the institution, the Secretary may contribute an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the basic pay of the member to the retirement system of the institution on behalf of the member. "(2) FEDERAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM. — " (A) IN GENERAL.— Subject to subparagraph (B), a member for whom a contribution is made under paragraph (1) shall not, as a result of serving as a member of the Service, be covered by, or earn service credit under, chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code. "(B) ANNUAL LEAVE.—Service of a member of the Service described in subparagraph (A) shall be creditable for determining years of service under section 6303(a) of title 5, United States Code. " (f) INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to paragraph (2) and notwithstanding the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointment in the competitive service, in the case of an individual who is separated from the Service involuntarily and without cause— "(A) the Secretary may appoint the individual to a position in the competitive civil service at level GS-15 of the General Schedule; and "(B) the appointment shall be a career appointment. "(2) EXCEPTED CIVIL SERVICE.— In the case of an individual described in paragraph (1) who immediately prior to appointment as a member of the Service was not a career appointee in the civil service or the Senior Executive Service, the appointment of the individual under paragraph (1)— "(A) shall be to the excepted civil service; and "(B) may not exceed a period of 2 years.". SEC. 7220. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN SCHEDULE A APPOINTMENTS. (a) TERMINATION.—Not later than January 31, 2003, the Sec- Deadline. retary of Agriculture shall terminate each appointment listed as an excepted position under schedule A of the General Schedule made by the Secretary to the Federal civil service of an individual who holds dual government appointments, and who carries out agricultural extension work in a program at a college or university eligible to receive funds, under— (1) the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.); (2) section 1444 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221); or (3) section 208(e) of the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act (88 Stat. 1428). (b) CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL BENEFITS. — (1) IN GENERAL. — Notwithstanding title 5, United States Code, and subject to paragraph (2), an individual described in subsection (a), during the period the individual is employed in an agricultural extension program described in subsection (a) without a break in service, shall continue to— (A) be eligible to participate, to the same extent that the individual was eligible to participate (on the day before the date of enactment of this Act), in— (i) the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program;
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