[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR19.13-1]

[Page 103-104]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 19_BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES AND FORMER SPOUSES OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOREIGN 
 
Sec.  19.13-1  Lump-sum credit.

    ``Lump-sum credit'' is the compulsory and special contributions to a 
participant's or former participant's credit in the Fund for his/her 
first 35 years of service plus interest thereon computed from the 
midpoint of each service period and compounded at four percent annually 
to the date of separation or December 31, 1976, whichever is earlier, 
and after such date, for a participant who separates from the Service 
after completing at least one year of civilian service and before 
completing 5

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years of such service, at the rate of three percent annually to the date 
of separation. Interest shall not be paid for a fractional part of a 
month in the total service or on compulsory and special contributions 
from the annuitant for recall service or other service performed after 
the date of separation which forms the basis for annuity.