Applying the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Amendments of 2000 to Participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, the Foreign Service Pension System, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System
Applies Physicians Comparability Allowance to Foreign Service and Central Intelligence Agency Pensions
What it does
Agencies must issue regulations to include the physicians comparability allowance in basic pay and annuity calculations, retroactive to December 28, 2000.
Real-world impact
- Changes how pensions are calculated for Foreign Service and intelligence system participants.
- Requires the State Department and the Director of Central Intelligence to issue implementing regulations.
- Makes the allowance inclusion retroactive to December 28, 2000, affecting past benefit calculations.
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Summary
This order applies the 2000 Physicians Comparability Allowance law to three federal retirement systems: the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, the Foreign Service Pension System, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. It requires that the physicians comparability allowance be included in the definition of basic pay and in annuity calculations under the same rules that apply to other federal retirement systems.
The Secretary of State and the Director of Central Intelligence must issue implementing regulations and make the changes retroactive to December 28, 2000. The order also states it does not create a new enforceable legal right.
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