RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR CERTAIN SERVICE IN NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES BEFORE JANUARY 1,1987.

SEC. 344. RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR CERTAIN SERVICE IN NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES BEFORE JANUARY 1,1987. (a) Study Required.— The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall conduct a study to determine the level of interest among employees referred to in subsection (b) in obtaining credit under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees’ Retirement System for former service described in such subsection as an 108 STAT. 2723employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the United States. (b) Employees Concerned.— The employees referred to in subsection (a) are employees of the Department of Defense who, for at least 12 months during the period beginning on January 1, 1966, and ending on December 31, 1986, performed service as an employee described in section 2105(c) of title 5, United States Code, conducting a program described in section 8332(b)(16)(A) of such title. (c) Conduct of Study.— In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (1) provide an opportunity for all employees referred to in that subsection to express interest in obtaining retirement credit for the former service in a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the United States; and (2) inform such employees that deposits to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund would be required of the interested employees under section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code, or section 8411(f) of such title. (d) Report.— Not later than February 1, 1995, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study required by subsection (a). The report shall contain the following: (1) An analysis of the issues, including existing legal rights of the employees referred to in subsection (b) under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees’ Retirement System. (2) A description of the inequities, if any, that may have been caused by conversion from employment by nonappropriated fund instrumentalities of the United States to employment by the Department of Defense. (3) The number of full-time and part-time employees referred to in subsection (b) who are affected by any inequities described in paragraph (2). (4) The recommendations of the Secretary, if any, for redressing any inequities described in paragraph (2). (5) An assessment of the cost to the Federal Government of any recommendation referred to in paragraph (4).