AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS OF LAW EXTENDING COVERAGE OR BENEFITS UNDER CERTAIN FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO INDIVIDUALS NOT OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE.

SEC. 108. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS OF LAW EXTENDING COVERAGE OR BENEFITS UNDER CERTAIN FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO INDIVIDUALS NOT OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE. (a) Termination of Certain Special Eligibility Provisions.— (1) Civil service retirement system.— Section 8347 is amended by adding at the end the following: “(o) Any provision of law outside of this subchapter which provides coverage, service credit, or any other benefit under this subchapter to any individuals who (based on their being employed by an entity other than the Government) would not otherwise be eligible for any such coverage, credit, or benefit, shall not apply with respect to any individual appointed, transferred, or otherwise commencing that type of employment on or after October 1, 1988.”. (2) Life insurance.— (A) In general.— Section 87 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8712 the following: “§ 8713. Effect of other statutes “Any provision of law outside of this chapter which provides coverage or any other benefit under this chapter to any individuals who (based on their being employed by an entity other than the Government) would not otherwise be eligible for any such coverage or benefit shall not apply with respect to any individual appointed, transferred, or otherwise commencing that type of employment on or after October 1, 1988.”. (B) Chapter analysis.— The analysis for chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 8712 the following: “8713. Effect of other statutes.”. (3) Health insurance.— (A) In general.— Chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “§ 8914. Effect of other statutes “Any provision of law outside of this chapter which provides coverage or any other benefit under this chapter to any individuals who (based on their being employed by an entity other than the Government) would not otherwise be eligible for any such coverage or benefit shall not apply with respect to any individual appointed, 101 STAT. 1748transferred, or otherwise commencing that type of employment on or after October 1, 1988.”. (B) Chapter analysis.— The analysis for chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “8914. Effect of other statutes.”. (b) Extension of Offset Provisions Under Chapter 83.— (1) Contributions.— Section 8334(k) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(4) In administering paragraphs (1) through (3)— “(A) the term ‘an individual described in section 8402(b)(2) of this title’ shall be considered to include any individual— “(i) who is subject to this subchapter as a result of a provision of law described in section 8347(o), and “(ii) whose employment (as described in section 8347(o)) is also employment for purposes of title II of the Social Security Act and chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and “(B) the term ‘Federal wages’, as applied with respect to any individual to whom this subsection applies as a result of subparagraph (A), means basic pay for any employment referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii).”. (2) Benefits.— Section 8349 is amended by adding at the end the following: “(d) In administering subsections (a) through (c)— “(1) the terms ‘an individual under section 8402(b)(2)’ and ‘an individual described in section 8402(b)(2)’ shall each be considered to include any individual— “(A) who is subject to this subchapter as a result of any provision of law described in section 8347(o), and “(B) whose employment (as described in section 8347(o)) is also employment for purposes of title II of the Social Security Act and chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and “(2) the term ‘Federal service’, as applied with respect to any individual to whom this section applies as a result of paragraph (1), means any employment referred to in paragraph (1)(B) performed after December 31, 1983.”. (3) Effective date.— The amendments made by this subsection shall be effective as of January 1, 1987.