crediting service of a vista volunteer

crediting service of a vista volunteer Sec. 112. (a) Section 8382 of title 5, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) in subsection (b)— (A) strike out “and” at the end of clause (5); (B) strike out the period at the end of clause (6) and insert in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word “and”; and (C) add at the end thereof the following new clause: “(7) a period of service of a volunteer under part A of title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 only if he later becomes subject to this subchapter.” (2) in subsection (j)— (A) after “1956,” in the first sentence, insert “the period of an individual’s services as a volunteer under part A of title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964,”; (B) before “volunteer or volunteer leader” in the second sentence, insert “volunteer under part A of title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 or as a”; and 83 Stat. 832 (3) before the period at the end of the last sentence, insert a comma and the following: “and the period of an individual’s service as a volunteer under part A of title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is the period between enrollment as a volunteer and termination of that service by the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity or by death or resignation”. (b) Section 833 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is amended by— (1) striking out in subsection (a) “subsection (b)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 8332 of title 5 of the United States Code, and subsections (b) and (c) of this section”; and (2) adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(c) Any period of service of a volunteer under part A of this title shall be credited in connection with subsequent employment in the same manner as a like period of civilian employment by the United States Government— “(1) for the purposes of section 852(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1092(a)(1)), and every other Act establishing a retirement system for civilian employees of any United States Government agency; and “(2) except as otherwise determined by the President, for the purposes of determining seniority, reduction in force, and layoff rights, leave entitlement, and other rights and privileges based upon length of service under the laws administered by the Civil Service Commission, the Foreign Service Act of 1946, and every other Act establishing or governing terms and conditions of service of civilian employees of the United States Government: Provided, That service of a volunteer shall not be credited toward completion of any probationary or trial period or completion of any service requirement for career appointment.” (c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be effective as to all former volunteers employed by the United States Government on or after the effective date of this Act.