Pub. L. 90-206, tit. IV, sec. 405

Sec. 405. (a) The amendments made by sections 401 to 403, inclusive, of this Act shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the sixtieth day following the date of enactment. In the case of an employee who dies or retires during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and prior to the effective date prescribed by this subsection, the amount of insurance shall be determined as if the amendments made by section 401 were in effect for such employee during such period. (b) (1) The amendments made by section 404 of this Act shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the one hundred and eightieth day following the date of enactment, or on any earlier date that the Civil Service Commission may prescribe, which is at least sixty days after the date of enactment. In the case of an employee who dies during the period beginning on the date of enactment and ending on the effective date prescribed by or pursuant to this subsection, or during the sixty days immediately following such period if the Commission determines that he did not have a reasonable opportunity to elect the optional insurance made available by section 404, the insurance of such employee shall be determined as if the amendments made by section 404 had been in effect on the date of such death, and the employee had elected to receive the maximum amount of optional insurance available to him under such amendments. An employee who retires during the period beginning on the date of enactment and ending on the effective date prescribed by or pursuant to this subsection shall have an opportunity to elect the optional insurance made available by section 404. (2) In the case of an employee in the service on the effective date prescribed by or pursuant to this subsection, (i) the period during which such employee may elect to receive optional insurance under the amendment made by section 404 shall not expire prior to the sixtieth day after such effective date, and (ii) for the purpose of determining the amount of insurance to be continued after retirement, the period during which such optional insurance was available to such employee shall not be considered to have commenced prior to the expiration of sixty days following such effective date. (c) The amendments made by sections 401 to 404, inclusive, of this Act shall have no effect in the case of an employee who died, was finally separated, or retired prior to the date of enactment.