12 2 STA T . 2 608PUBLIC LA W 110 – 2 79—J UL Y 17 , 2008 acontr actor is t e r m inate d as p ro v ided u nder a f ood services contract .( ii )EXCEPTION . —Cl ause (i) s h all not appl y toa covered individual w ho is terminated for cause. ( B ) TR E A T M ENT.— F or purposes of section 5 5 9 5 of title 5 ,U nited S tates Code— (i) any period of continuous service performed b y a covered individual described under subpara g raph ( A ) as an employee of a contractor shall be deemed to be a period of service as an employee of the Architect of the Capitol
and (ii) any termination of employment of a covered individual described under subparagraph (A) with a contractor shall be treated as a separation from service with the Architect of the Capitol. (e) V O LU NTAR Y SEPARATION I NCENTI V E P AYMENT S .— ( 1 )SU B MISSION O F PLAN.— N ot later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol shall submit a plan under section 2 10 of the L egislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 6 0 q ) to the applicable committees as provided under that section. (2) PLAN.— (A) IN G ENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 210(e) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 60q(e)), the plan submitted under this subsection shall— (i) offer a voluntary separation incentive payment to any employee described under subsection (a)(2)(A) of this section in accordance with section 210 of that Act; and (ii) offer such a payment to any such employee who becomes a covered individual, if that individual accepts the offer during the 90 - day period following the transfer date. (B) TREATMENT OF COVERE D INDIVIDUALS.—For pur- poses of the plan under this subsection— (i) any period of continuous service performed by a covered individual as an employee of a contractor shall be deemed to be a period of service as an employee of the Architect of the Capitol; and (ii) any termination of employment of a covered individual with a contractor shall be treated as a sepa- ration from service with the Architect of the Capitol. (f) EARLY R ETIREMENT TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN SEPARATED EMPLOYEES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—This subsection applies to— (A) an employee of the Senate Restaurants of the O ffice of the Architect of the Capitol who— (i) voluntarily separates from service on or after the date of enactment of this Act, but prior to the day before the transfer date; and (ii) on such date of separation— (I) has completed 25 years of service as defined under section 8 331(12) or 8 4 01(26) of title 5, United States Code; or (II) has completed 20 years of such service and is at least 50 years of age; and Ap p licab ili ty.De a d li n e.
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