Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60
§4061 Payments for Future Benefits
Title 22 › Chapter 52— FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter VIII— FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY › Part I— Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System › § 4061
Summary
If a law creates or expands benefits, adds employee groups, or raises pay used for benefits (excluding annuity increases under section 4065), Congress may annually fund Foreign Service normal cost not met by contributions under section 4045(a).
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §4061
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(a)Any statute which authorizes—
(1)new or liberalized benefits payable from the Fund under this part, including annuity increases other than under section 4065 of this title;
(2)extension of the benefits of the System to new groups of employees; or
(3)increases in salary on which benefits are computed;
(b)There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund for each fiscal year an amount equal to the amount of the Foreign Service normal cost for that year which is not met by contributions to the Fund under section 4045(a) of this title.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1986—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 99–335 inserted “under this part” after “payable from the Fund”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1986 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99–335 effective Jan. 1, 1987, see section 702(a) of Pub. L. 99–335, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 8401 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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22 U.S.C. § 4061
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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