**(a)** There is hereby established a Foreign Service Pension System.
**(b)** Except as otherwise specifically provided in this part or any other provision of law, the provisions of chapter 84 of title 5 shall apply to all participants in the Foreign Service Pension System and such participants shall be treated in all respects similar to persons whose participation in the Federal Employees’ Retirement System provided in that chapter is required.
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**(a)** There is hereby established a Foreign Service Pension System.
**(b)** Except as otherwise specifically provided in this part or any other provision of law, the provisions of chapter 84 of title 5 shall apply to all participants in the Foreign Service Pension System and such participants shall be treated in all respects similar to persons whose participation in the Federal Employees’ Retirement System provided in that chapter is required.
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§ 4071. Establishment; application of Federal Em-
ployees’ Retirement System to Foreign Serv-
ice Pension System participants
(a) There is hereby established a Foreign Serv-
ice Pension System.
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided
in this part or any other provision of law, the
provisions of chapter 84 of title 5 shall apply to
all participants in the Foreign Service Pension
System and such participants shall be treated in
all respects similar to persons whose participa-
tion in the Federal Employees’ Retirement Sys-
tem provided in that chapter is required.
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 851, as added Pub. L.
99–335, title IV, § 415, June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 615.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Part effective Jan. 1, 1987, see section 702(a) of Pub.
L. 99–335, set out as a note under section 8401 of Title
5, Government Organization and Employees.
§ 4071a. Definitions
As used in this part, unless otherwise speci-
fied—
(1) the term ‘‘court order’’ has the same
meaning given in section 4044(4) of this title;
(2) the term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Foreign
Service Retirement and Disability Fund main-
tained by the Secretary of the Treasury pursu-
ant to section 4042 of this title;
(3) the term ‘‘lump-sum credit’’ means the
unrefunded amount consisting of—
(A) retirement deductions made from the
basic pay of a participant under section 4071e
of this title (or under section 204 of the Fed-
eral Employees’ Retirement Contribution
Temporary Adjustment Act of 1983);
(B) amounts deposited by a participant
under section 4071c of this title to obtain
credit under this System for prior civilian or
military service; and
(C) interest on the deductions and deposits
which, for any calendar year, shall be equal
to the overall average