Creditable service

For the purpose of this chapter, creditable service of an employee or Member includes— Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (5), an employee or Member shall be allowed credit for— If an employee or Member is awarded retired pay based on any period of military service, the service of the employee or Member may not include credit for such period of military service unless the retired pay is awarded— based on a service-connected disability— An employee or Member who has made a deposit under section 8334(j) (or a similar prior provision of law) with respect to a period of military service, and who has not taken a refund of such deposit— shall be entitled, upon filing appropriate application therefor with the Office, to a refund equal to the difference between— Notwithstanding paragraph (2), for purposes of computing a survivor annuity for a survivor of an employee or Member— A survivor annuity computed based on an amount which, under authority of subparagraph (A), takes into consideration any period of military service shall be reduced by the amount of any survivor’s benefits— The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to carry out this paragraph, including regulations under which— Any employee who— 2 Upon application to the Office of Personnel Management, any individual who was an employee on the date of enactment of this paragraph, and who has on such date or thereafter acquired 5 years or more of creditable civilian service under this section (exclusive of service for which credit is allowed under this subsection) shall be allowed credit (as service as a congressional employee) for service before December 31, 1990, while employed by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic National Congressional Committee, or the Republican National Congressional Committee, if— An offense described in this paragraph is any offense described in section 8332(o)(2)(B) for which the following apply: The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this subsection. Such regulations shall include— provisions under which the Office may provide for— For purposes of this subsection—