[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR20.1]

[Page 120-121]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 20--BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN FORMER SPOUSES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 20.1  Definitions.

    As used in this part, unless otherwise specified, the following have 
the meaning indicated:
    COLA means cost-of-living adjustment in annuity.

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    Creditable service or service means employment or other periods that 
are counted under sections 816, 817, or 854 in determining retirement 
benefits.
    Disability annuitant means a participant in FSRDS or FSPS entitled 
to a disability annuity under section 808 of the Act or subchapter V, 
chapter 84, title 5 U.S.C., and a disability annuity means a Foreign 
Service annuity computed under those sections.
    FSRDS means the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System 
established by subchapter I, chapter 8, of the Act.
    FSPS means the Foreign Service Pension System established by 
subchapter II, chapter 8, of the Act.
    Former spouse means a former wife or husband of a participant or 
former participant who was married to such participant for not less than 
10 years during service of the participant which is creditable under 
chapter 8 of the Act with at least 5 years occurring while the employee 
was a member of the Foreign Service and who retired from the Foreign 
Service Retirement System.
    Full annuity equals the annuity the former participant would be 
eligible to receive except for deductions made to provide survivor 
benefits or because of payment of a portion of the annuity to others.
    Participant means a person who contributes to the Fund identified in 
Sec. 20.2. Such person may participate in either FSRDS or FSPS.
    Principal means a participant or former participant whose service 
forms the basis for a benefit for a former spouse under this part.
    Pro rata share, in the case of a former spouse of a participant or 
former participant, means the percentage obtained by dividing the number 
of months during which the former spouse was married to the participant 
during the creditable service of the participant by the total number of 
months of such creditable service. In the total period, 30 days 
constitutes a month and any period of less than 30 days is not counted. 
When making this calculation for a former spouse married to a 
participant during a period the participant earned extra service credit 
under section 817 of the Act, the number of months of such extra service 
credit earned during that period of the marriage shall be added to the 
total number of months of the marriage.