PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Natives of the Pribilof Islands who took and cured fur seal skins or did related island work before January 1, 1950, can have that time counted as civilian federal service for civil-service retirement if the Secretary verifies it from records. If such a person died or retired on a civil-service annuity before November 2, 1966, the annuity (or a survivor’s annuity) can be changed to what it would have been; the person must apply within one year after November 2, 1966, and the change takes effect the first day of the month after November 2, 1966. That credited service does not allow the lump-sum payment under 5 U.S.C. 8342(h). The civil-service retirement fund pays these benefits but must be reimbursed each fiscal year from NOAA’s Operations, Research, and Facilities Account as the Director of OPM decides.

Title 16, §1168

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(a)Credit for services performed by natives

Service by natives of the Pribilof Islands engaged in the taking and curing of fur seal skins and other activities in connection with the administration of such islands prior to January 1, 1950, as determined by the Secretary based on records available to him, shall be considered for purposes of credit under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5 as civilian service performed by an employee, as defined in said subchapter.

(b)Adjustment of annuities

The annuity of any person or the annuity of the survivor of any person who shall have performed service described in subsection (a) of this section, and who, prior to November 2, 1966, died or shall have been retired on annuity payable from the civil service retirement and disability fund, shall, upon application filed by the annuitant within one year after November 2, 1966, be adjusted, effective as of the first day of the month immediately following November 2, 1966, so that the amount of the annuity shall be the same as if such subsection had been in effect at the time of such person’s retirement or death.

(c)Nonentitlement to lump-sum benefits

In no case shall credit for the service described in subsection (a) of this section entitle a person to the benefits of section 8342(h) of title 5.

(d)Reimbursement from Operations, Research, and Facilities Account of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Department of Commerce

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any other law, benefits under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5 made available by reason of the provisions of this section shall be paid from the civil service retirement and disability fund subject to reimbursement to such fund from the Operations, Research, and Facilities Account of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce, for the purpose of compensating said retirement fund for the cost, as determined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management during each fiscal year, of benefits provided by this section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification “Subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5” substituted for “the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended” in subsec. (a) and for “the Civil Service Retirement Act” in subsec. (d), and “section 8342(h) of title 5” substituted for “section 11(h) of the Civil Service Retirement Act” in subsec. (c) on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Amendments

1983—Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 98–129 reenacted subsecs. (a) to (c) without change. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98–129 reenacted subsec. (d) without change other than the substitution of “subject to reimbursement to such fund from the Operations, Research, and Facilities Account of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce, for the purpose of compensating said retirement fund for the cost, as determined by the Civil Service Commission during each fiscal year, of benefits provided by this section” for “subject to reimbursement to such fund from the gross receipts of the Pribilof Islands fund, established in section 1187 of this title, for the purpose of compensating said retirement fund for the cost, as determined by the Civil Service Commission during each fiscal year, of benefits provided by this section. This reimbursement to the civil service retirement fund shall be considered a cost of administering the fur seal program”.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

“Director of the Office of Personnel Management” substituted for “Civil Service Commission” in subsec. (d) pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, § 102, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out under section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred functions vested by statute in Civil Service Commission to Director of Office of Personnel Management (except as otherwise specified), effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1–102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set out under section 1101 of Title 5.

§1168 Civil Service Retirement Benefits