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22 U.S.C. § 4071g — Cost-of-living adjustments
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Cost-of-living adjustments for annuitants under this System shall be granted under procedures in [section 8462 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8462&num=0&edition=prelim) in the same manner as such adjustments are made for annuitants referred to in subsection (c)(3)(B)(ii) of such section.
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Cost-of-living adjustments for annuitants under this System shall be granted under procedures in [section 8462 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8462&num=0&edition=prelim) in the same manner as such adjustments are made for annuitants referred to in subsection (c)(3)(B)(ii) of such section.
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) the term “base quarter”, as used with respect to a year, means the calendar quarter ending on September 30, of such year; and
(2) the price index for a base quarter is the arithmetical mean of such index for the 3 months comprising such quarter.
**(b)** Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, effective December 1 of each year, each annuity payable from the Fund having a commencing date not later than such December 1 shall be increased by the percent change in the price index for the base quarter of such year over the price index for the base quarter of the preceding year in which an adjustment under this subsection was made, adjusted to the nearest ⅒ of 1 percent.
**(c)** Eligibility for an annuity increase under this section is governed by the commencing date of each annuity payable from the Fund as of the effective date of an increase, except as follows:
(1) The first increase (if any) made under subsection (b) of this section to an annuity which is payable from the Fund to an employee or Member who retires, to the widow, widower, or former spouse,11 So in original. The comma probably should not appear. of a deceased employee or Member, or to the widow, widower, former spouse, or insurable interest designee of a deceased annuitant whose annuity has not been increased under this subsection or subsection (b) of this section, shall be equal to the product (adjusted to the nearest ⅒ of 1 percent) of—
(A) 1⁄12 of the applicable percent change computed under subsection (b) of this section, multiplied by
(B) the number of months (not to exceed 12 months, counting any portion of a month as a month)—
(i) for which the annuity was payable from the Fund before the effective date of the increase, or
(
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) the term “base quarter”, as used with respect to a year, means the calendar quarter ending on September 30 of such year;
(2) the price index for a base quarter is the arithmetical mean of such index for the 3 months comprising such quarter; and
(3) the term “percent change in the price index”, as used with respect to a year, means the percentage derived by—
(A) reducing—
(i) the price index for the base quarter of such year, by
(ii) the price index for the base quarter of the preceding year in which an adjustment under this subsection was made;
(B) dividing the difference under subparagraph (A) by the price index referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii); and
(C) multiplying the quotient under subparagraph (B) by 100.
**(b)**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (c), effective December 1 of any year in which an adjustment under this subsection is to be made, as determined under paragraph (2), each annuity payable from the Fund under this chapter (other than an annuity under section 8443) having a commencing date not later than such December 1 shall be adjusted as follows:
(A) If the percent change in the price index for the year does not exceed 3 percent, each annuity subject to adjustment under this subsection shall be increased by the lesser of—
(i) the percent change in the price index (rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent); or
(ii) 2 percent.
(B) If the percent change in the price index for the year exceeds 3 percent, each annuity subject to adjustment under this subsection shall be increased by the excess of—
(i) the percent change in the price index (rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent), over
(ii) 1 percent.
(2) An adjustment under this subsection shall be
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 4071j
(2) Any contributions under this section in ex-
cess of the amounts which (but for paragraph
(1)) would otherwise have been payable shall be
applied toward reducing the unfunded liability
of the Foreign Service Retirement and Dis-
ability System.
(3) After the unfunded liability of the Foreign
Service Retirement and Disability System has
been eliminated, as determined by the Secretary
of State, Government contributions under this
section shall be determined and made dis-
regarding this subsection.
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 857, as added Pub. L.
99–335, title IV, § 415, June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 618;
amended Pub. L. 113–67, div. A, title IV, § 402(c),
Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1185.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 402(b) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013,
referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is section 402(b) of div. A of
Pub. L. 113–67, which amended section 4071e of this
title.
AMENDMENTS
2013—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–67 added subsec. (c).
§ 4071g. Cost-of-living adjustments
Cost-of-living
adjustments
for
annuitants
under this System shall be granted under proce-
dures in section 8462 of title 5 in the same man-
ner as such adjustments are made for annuitants
referred to in subsection (c)(3)(B)(ii) of such sec-
tion.
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 858, as added Pub. L.
99–335, title IV, § 415, June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 619.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
DELAY IN COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS DURING
FISCAL YEARS 1994, 1995, AND 1996
Any cost-of-living increase scheduled to take effect
during fiscal year 1994, 1995, or 1996 under this section
delayed until first day of third calendar month after
date such increase would otherwise take effect, see sec-
tion 11001 of
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