5 U.S.C. § 8337
Disability retirement
United States · Title 5 — GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · Status: effective
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- 5 U.S.C. § 8337, Disability retirement, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/427445
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An annuitant receiving disability retirement annuity from the Fund shall be examined under the direction of the Office—
If an annuitant whose annuity is terminated under subsection (d) of this section is not reemployed in a position in which he is subject to this subchapter, he is deemed, except for service credit, to have been involuntarily separated from the service for the purpose of this subchapter as of the date of termination of the disability annuity, and after that termination is entitled to annuity under the applicable provisions of this subchapter. If an annuitant whose annuity is heretofore or hereafter terminated because of an earning capacity provision of this subchapter or an earlier statute—
An individual is not entitled to receive—
If an individual is entitled to an annuity under this subchapter, and the individual receives a lump-sum payment for compensation under section 8135 based on the disability or death of the same person, so much of the compensation as has been paid for a period extended beyond the date payment of the annuity commences, as determined by the Department of Labor, shall be refunded to that Department for credit to the Employees’ Compensation Fund. Before the individual may receive the annuity, the individual shall—
Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, an individual shall be retired under this section if the individual—
Payment of any annuity for an individual pursuant to this subsection terminates—
Any individual applying for or receiving any annuity pursuant to this subsection shall, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Office, be considered by any agency of the Government before any vacant position in the agency is filled if—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Civil Service Reform Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill making technical corrections relating to the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991House: no recorded tallySenate: 91–8
- Capitol Police Retirement ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Technical and Miscellaneous Civil Service Amendments Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995
- Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
- District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001