Repeal of Reductions in Military Retired Pay Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:23:51 -0400 To: "USGS Employees"From: "Leila J. McKamey" Subject: Repeal of Reductions in Military Retired Pay (Supervisors, Managers, and Team Leaders: Please ensure that employees without access to e-mail receive a copy of this message.) In Reply Refer To: Mail Stop 601 MEMORANDUM To: All U.S. Geological Survey Employees From: Joyce D. Pieritz Acting Personnel Officer Subject: Repeal of Reductions in Military Retired Pay On October 5, 1999, President Clinton signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65). Section 651 repeals section 5532 of title 5, United States Code. This action ends the reductions in retired or retainer pay previously required of retired members of the uniformed service who are employed in a civilian office or position of the U.S. Government. The repeal is effective retroactively to October 1, 1999. The repeal ends two former reductions in military retired pay that applied to some Federal employees: 1) the pay cap that limited the combined total of Federal civilian basic salary plus military retired pay to $110,700 (Executive Level V) for all Federal employees who are retirees of a uniformed service; and 2) the partial reduction of retired pay required of retired officers of a regular component of a uniformed service. The new law does not, however, repeal other parts of the Dual Compensation Act of 1964. Military service of retired members of a uniformed service does not count as creditable service for retention, annual leave accrual, and retirement purposes. However, a retired member can make a deposit on their military service and receive credit for retirement purposes if they waive their retired military pay. Also, this law does not affect salary offsets required of reemployed civilian annuitants under the Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees Retirement System. Personnel offices and military finance centers will work together to make all necessary adjustments, so no action is needed on the part of affected employees. Questions regarding restoration of retired pay should be directed to the appropriate uniformed service finance center.