Calendar No. 566
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4190
AN ACT
To designate the building located at 41–42 Norre
Gade in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, for the
period of time during which it houses operations
of the United States Postal Service, as the
Alvaro de Lugo Post Office.
AUGUST 12 (legislative day, AUGUST 11), 1994
Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the
title
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Calendar No. 566
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4190
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AUGUST 12 (legislative day, AUGUST 11), 1994
Reported by Mr. GLENN, with an amendment and an amendment to the title
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AN ACT
To designate the building located at 41–42 Norre Gade in
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, for the period of time
during which it houses operations of the United States
Postal Service, as the Alvaro de Lugo Post Office.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
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The building located at 41–42 Norre Gade in Saint
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Thomas, Virgin Islands, shall, for the period of time dur-
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ing which it houses operations of the United States Postal
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Service, be known and designated as the ‘‘Alvaro de Lugo
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Post Office’’.
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SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
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Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
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paper, or other record of the United States to the building
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referred to in section 1 shall, with respect to the period
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referred to in section 1, be deemed to be a reference to
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the Alvaro de Lugo Post Office.
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SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN POSTAL EMPLOYEES FROM
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FEDERAL RETIREMENT PROVISIONS RELAT-
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ING TO REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS.
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(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section
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8344 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding
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at the end the following:
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‘‘(m)(1) For the purpose of this subsection—
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‘‘(A) the term ‘postal annuitant’ means any in-
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dividual who becomes an annuitant by reason of re-
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tirement from the United States Postal Service;
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‘‘(B) the term ‘rural postmaster’ means the post-
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master of any post office which provides regular post-
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al services to any rural areas, communities, or small
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towns; and
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‘‘(C) the term ‘rural letter carrier’ means an em-
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ployee of the United States Postal Service occupying
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a position the regular duties of which involve the col-
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lection and delivery of mail on a rural route.
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‘‘(2)(A) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any
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postal annuitant receiving an annuity from the Fund while
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such annuitant is employed by the United States Postal
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Service, on a temporary basis, as a rural postmaster or
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rural letter carrier, subject to subparagraph (B).
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‘‘(B) This subsection shall not, in the case of any postal
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annuitant, have the effect of excluding from the application
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of subsections (a) and (b) more than—
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‘‘(i) 90 days of service in any calendar year; or
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‘‘(ii) a total of 180 days of service.’’.
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(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
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Section 8468 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
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adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(j)(1) For the purpose of this subsection—
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‘‘(A) the term ‘postal annuitant’ means any in-
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dividual who becomes an annuitant by reason of re-
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tirement from the United States Postal Service;
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‘‘(B) the term ‘rural postmaster’ means the post-
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master of any post office which provides regular post-
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al services to any rural areas, communities, or small
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towns; and
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‘‘(C) the term ‘rural letter carrier’ means an em-
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ployee of the United States Postal Service occupying
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a position the regular duties of which involve the col-
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lection and delivery of mail on a rural route.
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‘‘(2)(A) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any
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postal annuitant receiving an annuity from the Fund while
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such annuitant is employed by the United States Postal
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Service, on a temporary basis, as a rural postmaster or
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rural letter carrier, subject to subparagraph (B).
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‘‘(B) This subsection shall not, in the case of any postal
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annuitant, have the effect of excluding from the application
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of subsections (a) and (b) more than—
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‘‘(i) 90 days of service in any calendar year; or
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‘‘(ii) a total of 180 days of service.’’.
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(c) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this section shall have
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the effect of causing any reemployed annuitant to be treated
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as an active employee for purposes of any provision of chap-
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ter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code.
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(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section and the amend-
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ments made by this section shall apply with respect to tem-
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porary appointments commencing on or after the date of
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the enactment of this Act.
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Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to designate
the building located at 41–42 Norre Gade in Saint
Thomas, Virgin Islands, for the period of time during
which it houses operations of the United States Postal
Service, as the Alvaro de Lugo Post Office; and to pro-
vide that the provisions of chapters 83 and 84 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to reemployed annuitants
shall not apply with respect to postal retirees who are re-
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employed, on a temporary basis, to serve as rural letter
carriers or rural postmasters.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.