EFFECTIVE DATE.

SEC. 208. EFFECTIVE DATE.The amendments made by this title shall be effective after the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, except that an individual who, as of such date of enactment, is receiving an annuity under subchapter V of chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, as a retired Comptroller General (and the spouse and any dependent children of such individual who may survive such individual) shall remain subject to the provisions of such subchapter, as in effect immediately before such date, if the retired Comptroller General makes an election under this section. An election under this section shall be ineffective unless it is made 102 STAT. 1602in writing and received by the General Counsel of the General Accounting Office before the end of the 60-day period referred to in the preceding sentence.