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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 627. Retirement; employee benefits
(a) The Director, Deputy Director, the professional staff, and
the clerical and secretarial employees of the Federal Judicial
Center shall be deemed to be officers and employees of the judicial
branch of the United States Government within the meaning of
subchapter III of chapter 83 (relating to civil service
retirement), chapter 84 (relating to the Federal Employees'
Retirement System), chapter 87 (relating to Federal employees' life
insurance program), and chapter 89 (relating to Federal employees'
health benefits program) of title 5, United States Code: Provided,
however, That the Director, upon written notice filed with the
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts
within 6 months after the date on which he takes office, may waive
coverage under chapter 83 of title 5, subchapter III (the Civil
Service Retirement System) or chapter 84 of title 5 (the Federal
Employees' Retirement System), whichever is applicable, and elect
coverage under the retirement and disability provisions of this
section. A Director who elects coverage under this section shall be
deemed an "employee" for purposes of chapter 84 of title 5,
subchapter III, regardless of whether he has waived the coverage of
chapter 83, subchapter III, or chapter 84: And provided further,
That upon his nonretirement separation from the Federal Judicial
Center, waiver of coverage under chapter 83, subchapter III, and
election of this section shall not operate to foreclose to the
Director such opportunity as the law may provide to secure
retirement credit under chapter 83 for service as Director by
depositing with interest the amount required by section 8334 of
title 5. A Director who waives coverage under chapter 84 and elects
this section may secure retirement credit under chapter 84 for
service as Director by depositing with interest 1.3 percent of
basic pay for service from January 1, 1984, through December 31,
1986, and the amount referred to in section 8422(a) of title 5, for
service after December 31, 1986. Interest shall be computed under
section 8334(e) of title 5.
(b) Upon the retirement of a Director who has elected coverage
under this section and who has at least fifteen years of service
and has attained the age of sixty-five years the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall pay him an
annuity for life equal to 80 per centum of the salary of the office
at the time of his retirement.
Upon the retirement of a Director who has elected coverage under
this section and who has at least ten years of service, but who is
not eligible to receive an annuity under the first paragraph of
this subsection, the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts shall pay him an annuity for life equal to that proportion
of 80 per centum of the salary of the office at the time of his
retirement that the number of years of his service bears to
fifteen, reduced by one-quarter of 1 per centum for each full
month, if any, he is under the age of sixty-five at the time of
separation from service.
(c) A director who has elected coverage under this section and
who becomes permanently disabled to perform the duties of his
office shall be retired and shall receive an annuity for life equal
to 80 per centum of the salary of the office at the time of his
retirement if he has at least fifteen years of service, or equal to
that proportion of 80 per centum of such salary that the aggregate
number of years of his service bears to fifteen if he has less than
fifteen years of service, but in no event less than 50 per centum
of such salary.
(d) For the purpose of this section, "service" means service,
whether or not continuous, as Director of the Federal Judicial
Center, and any service, not to exceed five years, as a judge of
the United States, a Senator or Representative in Congress, a
congressional employee in the capacity of primary administrative
assistant to a Member of Congress or in the capacity of staff
director or chief counsel for the majority or the minority of a
committee or subcommittee of the Senate or House of
Representatives, or a civilian official appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(e) Each annuity payable under this section shall be increased by
the same percentage amount and effective on the same date as
annuities payable under chapter 83 of title 5, are increased as
provided by section 8340 of title 5.
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