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22 U.S.C. § 4061 — Payments for future benefits
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**(a) Statutes deemed to authorize appropriations to Fund to finance unfunded liability** Any statute which authorizes—
(1) new or liberalized benefits payable from the Fund under this part, including annuity increases other than under [section 4065 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4065&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) extension of the benefits of the System to new groups of employees; or
(3) increases in salary on which benefits are computed;
is deemed to authorize appropriations to the Fund to finance the unfunded liability created by that statute, in 30 equal annual installments with interest computed at the rate used in the then most recent valuation of the System and with the first payment thereof due as of the end of the fiscal year in which each new or liberalized benefit, extension of benefits, or increase in salary is effective.
**(b) Authorization of appropriations to Fund** There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund for each fiscal year an amount equal to the amount of the Foreign Service normal cost for that year which is not met by contributions to the Fund under [section 4045(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4045/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Statutes deemed to authorize appropriations to Fund to finance unfunded liability** Any statute which authorizes—
(1) new or liberalized benefits payable from the Fund under this part, including annuity increases other than under [section 4065 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4065&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) extension of the benefits of the System to new groups of employees; or
(3) increases in salary on which benefits are computed;
is deemed to authorize appropriations to the Fund to finance the unfunded liability created by that statute, in 30 equal annual installments with interest computed at the rate used in the then most recent valuation of the System and with the first payment thereof due as of the end of the fiscal year in which each new or liberalized benefit, extension of benefits, or increase in salary is effective.
**(b) Authorization of appropriations to Fund** There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund for each fiscal year an amount equal to the amount of the Foreign Service normal cost for that year which is not met by contributions to the Fund under [section 4045(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4045/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Composition; election and return** 11 See Amendment of Section note below. The voluntary contribution account shall be the sum of unrefunded amounts voluntarily contributed prior to February 15, 1981, by any participant or former participant under any prior law authorizing such contributions to the Fund, plus interest compounded at the rate of 3 percent per year to the date of separation from the Service or (in case of participant or former participant separated with entitlement to a deferred annuity) to the date the voluntary contribution account is claimed, the commencing date fixed for the deferred annuity, or the date of death, whichever is earlier. Effective on the date the participant becomes eligible for an annuity or a deferred annuity and at the election of the participant, his or her account shall be—
(1) returned in a lump sum;
(2) used to purchase an additional life annuity;
(3) used to purchase an additional life annuity for the participant and to provide for a cash payment on his or her death to a beneficiary whose name shall be notified in writing to the Secretary of State by the participant; or
(4) used to purchase an additional life annuity for the participant and a life annuity commencing on his or her death payable to a beneficiary whose name shall be notified in writing to the Secretary of State by the participant, with a guaranteed return to the beneficiary or his or her legal representative of an amount equal to the cash payment referred to in paragraph (3).
**(b) Computation of benefits** The benefits provided by subsection (a)(2), (3), or (4) shall be actuarially equivalent in value to the payment provided for by subsection (a)(1) and shall be calculated upon such tables of mortality as may be from time to time prescribed for this purp
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For the purpose of this chapter—
(1) the term “account” means an account established and maintained under [section 8439(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8439/a&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) the term “annuitant” means a former employee or Member who, on the basis of that individual’s service, meets all requirements for title to an annuity under subchapter II or V of this chapter and files claim therefor;
(3) the term “average pay” means the largest annual rate resulting from averaging an employee’s or Member’s rates of basic pay in effect over any 3 consecutive years of service or, in the case of an annuity under this chapter based on service of less than 3 years, over the total service, with each rate weighted by the period it was in effect;
(4) the term “basic pay” has the meaning given such term by section 8331(3);
(5) the term “Board” means the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board established by [section 8472(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8472/a&num=0&edition=prelim);
(6) the term “Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund” or “Fund” means the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund under section 8348;
(7) the term “court” means any court of any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands, and any Indian court;
(8) the term “Director” means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management;
(9) the term “dynamic assumptions” means economic assumptions that are used in determining actuarial costs and liabilities of a retirement system and in anticipating the effects of long-term future—
(A) investment yields;
(B) increases in rates of basic p
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As used in this part, unless otherwise specified, the term—
(1) “annuitant” means any individual, including a former participant or survivor, who meets all requirements for an annuity from the Fund under this chapter or any other Act and who has filed a claim for such annuity;
(2) “child” means an individual—
(A) who—
(i) is an offspring or adopted child of the participant,
(ii) is a stepchild or recognized natural child of the participant and who received more than one-half support from the participant, or
(iii) lived with the participant, for whom a petition of adoption was filed by the participant, and who is adopted by the surviving spouse of the participant after the death of the participant;
(B) who is unmarried; and
(C) who—
(i) is under the age of 18 years,
(ii) is a student under the age of 22 years (for purposes of this clause, an individual whose 22d birthday occurs before July 1 or after August 31 of the calendar year in which that birthday occurs, and while the individual is a student, is deemed to become 22 years of age on the first July 1 which occurs after that birthday), or
(iii) is incapable of self-support because of a physical or mental disability which was incurred before the individual reached the age of 18 years;
(3) “court” means any court of any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands, and any Indian court as defined by [section 1301(3) of title 25](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section1301/3&num=0&edition=prelim);
(4) “court order” means any court decree of divorce or annulment, or any court order or court approved property settlement agreement incident to any court decree of divor
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 4061
(b) Participants or annuitants having former
spouses
(1)(A) In the case of any participant or annu-
itant who has a former spouse who is covered by
a court order or who is a party to a spousal
agreement—
(i) any right of the former spouse to any an-
nuity under section 4054(a) of this title in con-
nection with any retirement or disability an-
nuity of the participant, and the amount of
any such annuity;
(ii) any right of the former spouse to a sur-
vivor annuity under section 4054(b) or (c) of
this title, and the amount of any such annu-
ity; and
(iii) any right of the former spouse to any
payment of a lump-sum credit under section
4055(a) or (b) of this title;
shall be determined in accordance with that
spousal agreement or court order, if and to the
extent expressly provided for in the terms of
that spousal agreement or court order.
(B) This paragraph shall not apply in the case
of any spousal agreement or court order which,
as determined by the Secretary of State—
(i) would provide for a survivor annuity for
a spouse or any former spouse of a participant
with respect to which there has not been an
annuity reduction (or a salary reduction or
payment under section 4054(c)(3) of this title);
or
(ii) is otherwise inconsistent with the re-
quirements of this part.
(2) Except with respect to obligations between
participants and former spouses, payments
under this part which would otherwise be made
to a participant or annuitant based upon his or
her service shall be paid (in whole or in part) by
the Secretary of State to another individual to
the extent expressly provided for in the terms of
any order or any court decree of legal separa-
tion, or the terms of any court order or court-
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