§1111 — Title 14 Coast Guard | U.S. Code

Summary

The Commandant can mark certain Coast Guard acquisition jobs as shortage jobs and use the hiring powers in 5 U.S.C. 3304 to recruit and appoint qualified people directly. The Commandant must include information about those marked jobs in reports required under section 1102. If a retiree getting an annuity from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund takes one of those marked acquisition jobs, their annuity keeps paying and they are not treated as an employee under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5. A retiree who left under sections 8336(d)(1) or 8414(b)(1)(A) and who returns after the date the Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020 became law may choose to be covered instead by section 8344 or 8468. That choice must be filed within 90 days after the Commandant reasonably notifies the person, and coverage starts the first day of the first pay period after the choice is filed. If the person is eligible but misses the deadline, their annuity continues and they are not treated as an employee.

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(a)(1)For the purposes of section 3304 of title 5, the Commandant may—

(A)designate any category of acquisition positions within the Coast Guard as shortage category positions; and

(B)use the authorities in such section to recruit and appoint highly qualified persons directly to positions so designated.

(2)The Commandant shall include in reports under section 1102 information described in such section regarding positions designated under this subsection.

(b)(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), if an annuitant receiving an annuity from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund becomes employed in any category of acquisition positions designated by the Commandant under subsection (a), the annuity of the annuitant so employed shall continue. The annuitant so reemployed shall not be considered an employee for purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5.

(2)(A)An annuitant retired under section 8336(d)(1) or 8414(b)(1)(A) of title 5, receiving an annuity from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, who becomes employed in any category of acquisition positions designated by the Commandant under subsection (a) after the date of the enactment of the Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020, may elect to be subject to section 8344 or 8468 of such title (as the case may be).

(i)An election for coverage under this subsection shall be filed not later than 90 days after the Commandant takes reasonable actions to notify an employee who may file an election.

(ii)If an employee files an election under this subsection, coverage shall be effective beginning on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the date of the filing of the election.

(B)Paragraph (1) shall apply to an individual who is eligible to file an election under subparagraph (A) and does not file a timely election under clause (i) of such subparagraph.

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The date of the enactment of the Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(A), is the date of enactment of div. G of Pub. L. 116–283, which was approved Jan. 1, 2021.

§1111 Acquisition workforce authorities

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