effective dates

effective dates Sec. 524. (a) Unless otherwise specified, this title shall be effective upon enactment or on October 1, 1976, whichever is later. (b) Section 522 of this title and sections 803 and 881 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended by this title, shall lie effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins more than ninety days after the effective date of this title, (c) Effective on the last day of the first month which ends after the effective date, of this title, all Foreign Service survivor annuities, including those then in effect, shall terminate on the last day of a month in accordance with the provisions of subsections (b)(2)(B), (e), and (f) of section 821 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended by this title, (d) The amendment of section 804 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 made by this title broadening eligibility for children’s survivor annuities shall apply to all surviving children regardless of the date of death of the principal. (e) Subsection (g) of section 821 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as added by this title, shall apply to both present and future Foreign Service annuitants. Any annuitant unmarried at retirement who married after retirement but prior to the effective date of this title may make an election under such subsection (g) if notice of the election is received by the Secretary of State within one year after such effective date. (f) If an annuitant dies on or after January 8, 1971, who, prior to the effective date of this title, elected a reduced annuity with a benefit to a surviving spouse, and is survived by a spouse acquired after such election who qualifies under section 804(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended by this title, such surviving spouse shall be entitled to an annuity computed under the law in effect at the time of such election and in accordance with all other applicable statutes. Such an annuity shall be treated in all other respects in the same manner as an annuity payable under section 821(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended by this title. For purposes of section 882(c)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended by this title, the death of an annuitant who has died before the effective date of this title shall be deemed to have occurred on such effective date. (g) the restrictions on payment of survivor annuities in subsection (b)(2)(A) and subsection (h) of section 821 of such Act shall not apply to a supplemental survivor annuity provided under subsection (i) of section 821 or subsection (f) of section 832 of such Act if the restrictions do not apply to a basic survivor annuity elected prior to commencement of the recall service. (h) Subsection (a) of section 822 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as added by this title, shall be effective on the first day of the first month which begins on or after the effective date of this title. (i) Subsection (a) of section 841 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended by this title, shall not apply to participants separated from the Foreign Service prior to the effective date of this title nor to their survivors. All payments from the Foreign Service Retirement Fund that become due on and after such effective date shall he paid in the order of precedence specified in such section 841 irrespective of the date of separation. 90 STAT. 849 (j) Subsection (c) of section 851 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as added by this title, shall be effective on the first day of the first pay period that begins more than thirty days after the effective date of this title. A participant who is on approved leave without pay and is serving as a full-time officer or employee of an organization composed primarily of Government employees on the effective date of such section shall have sixty days from such date to file an election under subsection (c) of said section 851. (k) Subsection (f) of section 851 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as added by this title, shall apply, in addition to present participants, to former participants who separated from the Foreign Service to enter the Armed Forces within the five-year period immediately preceding the effective date of this title and who are members of the Armed Forces on such date. (l) The annuity of a survivor who Incomes immediately eligible for an annuity under subsection (c) of section 523 of this title or subsection (d) or (f) of this section shall become effective the first day of the first month which begins on or after the effective date of this title. However, payment shall be made only after receipt by the Department of State of such application for annuity and such proof of eligibility as the Secretary may require. If such application and proof of eligibility are not submitted during an otherwise eligible person’s lifetime, no annuity shall be due or payable to his or her estate. (m) The amendment of subsections (a) and (b) of section 882 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 made by this title shall be effective on the fifteenth day of the third month which begins after the effective date of this title, (n) Annuities which commenced between— (A) the effective date of the last cost-of-living increase which became effective under section 882 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 prior to the effective date of this title, and (B) such effective date, shall be recomputed and, if necessary, adjusted retroactively to their commencing dates to apply the provisions of new subsections (c)(1) of section 882 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as added by section 515 of this title. (o) Any Foreign Service officer who is or becomes a career minister and who is not occupying a position to which appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be mandatorily retired for age in accordance with the schedule below and receive benefits under section 821 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, unless the Secretary determines it to be in the public interest to extend such officer’s service for a period not to exceed five years: 90 STAT. 850 Retirement Schedule (1) Any career minister who reaches age sixty-five during the month this title becomes effective shall be retired at the end of such month. (2) Other career ministers who arc age sixty or over on such effective date shall be retired at the end of the month which contains the midpoint between the last day of the month of such effective date and the last day of the month during which the officer would reach age sixty-five, counting thirty days to the month. (3) On the last day of the thirtieth month which ends after such effective date, all other career ministers who are age sixty or over shall be retired, and thereafter the amendments made by sections 518 and 519 shall be applicable in all cases. (4) Any career minister who completes a period of authorized service after he reaches mandatory retirement age as provided in the above schedule shall be retired at the end of the month in which the officer completes such service.