text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Cooperative Agricultural Programs 
  Extended Retirement Credit Act of 1993''.
  
  SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
  
      The purposes of this Act are--
              (1) to make creditable, for purposes of the Civil Service 
          Retirement System, periods of service in certain qualified 
          Federal-State cooperative programs which had agricultural or 
          related purposes; and
              (2) to expedite the retirement of certain Federal 
          Government employees by providing them improved retirement 
          opportunities at typical retirement ages, thereby mitigating 
          potentially adverse effects of deficit-control measures on the 
          welfare of those and other employees of the Department of 
          Agriculture.
  
  SEC. 3. CREDITABILITY OF PRIOR SERVICE.
  
      (a) In General.--Subject to section 8334(c) of title 5, United 
  States Code, upon application to the Office of Personnel Management 
  within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, any 
  individual who is an employee (as defined by section 8331(1) or 
  8401(11) of such title) on such date shall be allowed credit under 
  subchapter III of chapter 83 of such title for any service if such 
  service was performed by such individual--
              (1) before January 1, 1984; and
              (2) as an employee of a State, or an instrumentality of a 
          State, in which capacity such individual performed duties 
          relating to the carrying out of a program described in 
          subsection (b).
      (b) Description of Programs.--The programs referred to in 
  subsection (a) are--
              (1) the Federal-State cooperative program of agricultural 
          research of the State agricultural experiment stations as 
          defined in section 1 of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
          consolidate the Hatch Act of 1887 and laws supplementary 
          thereto relating to the appropriation of Federal funds for 
          support of agricultural experiment stations in the States, 
          Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico'', approved August 11, 1955 (69 
          Stat. 671);
              (2) the Federal-State cooperative program of forestry 
          research at eligible institutions of the State as defined in 
          section 2 of the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize the 
          Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and assist the several 
          States in carrying on a program of forestry research, and for 
          other purposes'', approved October 10, 1962 (76 Stat. 806), and 
          popularly referred to as the ``McIntire-Stennis Act'';
              (3) the Federal-State cooperative program of agricultural 
          research for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967 and later 
          fiscal years at the 1890 land-grant colleges, including 
          Tuskegee Institute, as defined in subsection 1445(a) of the 
          ``National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
          Policy Act of 1977'', approved September 29, 1977 (91 Stat. 
          1009);
              (4) the Federal-State cooperative program of agricultural 
          extension work authorized by the Act entitled ``An Act to 
          provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the 
          agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the 
          benefits of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen 
          hundred and sixty-two, and of Acts supplementary thereto, and 
          the United States Department of Agriculture'', approved May 8, 
          1914 (38 Stat. 372), and acts supplementary thereto;
              (5) the Federal-State cooperative program of vocational 
          education including, but not limited to, State programs of 
          instruction in vocational agriculture and home economics, 
          authorized by the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the 
          promotion of vocational education; to provide for cooperation 
          with the States in the promotion of such education in 
          agriculture and the trades and industries; to provide for 
          cooperation with the States in the preparation of teachers of 
          vocational subjects; and to appropriate money and regulate its 
          expenditure'', approved February 23, 1917 (39 Stat. 929), and 
          acts supplementary thereto;
              (6) the Federal-State cooperative program in marketing 
          service and research authorized by the ``Agricultural Marketing 
          Act of 1946'', approved August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1087), and 
          predecessor programs, including programs to inspect, certify, 
          and identify the class, quality, quantity, and condition of 
          agricultural products shipped or received in interstate 
          commerce; and programs of inspection and weighing services 
          authorized by the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 
          71 and following), whether performed by a delegated State 
          agency or a designated private agency;
              (7) the Federal-State cooperative program for the control 
          of plant pests and animal diseases authorized by the provisions 
          under the subheading ``Federal Horticulture Board'' under the 
          heading ``Department of Agriculture'' in the Act entitled ``An 
          Act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in 
          appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 
          nineteen hundred and eighteen, and prior fiscal years, on 
          account of war expenses, and for other purposes'', approved 
          October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 374); by section 102 of the 
          ``Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944'', approved 
          September 21, 1944 (58 Stat. 734); by the joint resolution 
          entitled ``Joint resolution making funds available for the 
          control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect pests or 
          plant diseases, including grasshoppers, mormon crickets, and 
          chinch bugs'', approved April 6, 1937 (50 Stat. 57); by the Act 
          entitled ``An Act to provide for regulating, inspecting, 
          cleaning, and, when necessary, disinfecting railway cars, other 
          vehicles, and other materials entering the United States from 
          Mexico'', approved January 31, 1942 (56 Stat. 40); by the Act 
          entitled ``An Act to regulate the importation of nursery stock 
          and other plants and plant products; to enable the Secretary of 
          Agriculture to establish and maintain quarantine districts for 
          plant diseases and insect pests; to permit and regulate the 
          movement of fruits, plants, and vegetables therefrom, and for 
          other purposes'', approved August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315); by 
          the first paragraph under the subheading ``Enforcement of the 
          Plant-Quarantine Act'' under the heading ``Miscellaneous'' in 
          the Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the 
          Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 
          thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen'', approved March 4, 
          1913 (37 Stat. 853), insofar as such paragraph relates to the 
          importation of certain plants for scientific purposes; by the 
          second, third, and fourth paragraphs under the subheading 
          ``Enforcement of the Plant-Quarantine Act'' under the heading 
          ``Miscellaneous'' in the Act entitled ``An Act making 
          appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal 
          year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen'', 
          approved March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1113); and by section 11 of 
          the Act entitled ``An Act for the establishment of a Bureau of 
          Animal Industry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, 
          and to provide for the suppression and extirpation of 
          pleuropneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic 
          animals'', approved May 29, 1884 (23 Stat. 31);
              (8) the Federal-State cooperative programs of forest 
          protection, management, and improvement performed under 
          authority of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the 
          protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded 
          areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other 
          purposes, in order to promote the continuous production of 
          timber on the lands chiefly suitable therefore'', approved June 
          7, 1924 (43 Stat. 653); of the ``Cooperative Forest Management 
          Act'', approved August 25, 1950 (64 Stat. 473); and of the 
          ``Forest Pest Control Act'', approved June 25, 1947 (61 Stat. 
          177); and the predecessor programs of any Act referred to in 
          this paragraph;
              (9) the Federal-State cooperative programs of emergency 
          relief, including State rural rehabilitation corporation 
          programs, established for the purposes of the Federal Emergency 
          Relief Act of 1933, approved May 12, 1933 (48 Stat. 55); the 
          Act entitled ``An Act making an additional appropriation to 
          carry out the purposes of the Federal Emergency Relief Act of 
          1933, for continuation of the civil works program, and for 
          other purposes'', approved February 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 351); 
          and title II of the Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations 
          to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal 
          year ending June 30, 1934, and prior fiscal years, to provide 
          supplemental general and emergency appropriations for the 
          fiscal years ending June 30, 1934, and June 30, 1935, and for 
          other purposes'', approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1021);
              (10) the Federal-State Cooperative Veterans' educational 
          programs, including part-time instruction in on-the-farm 
          training programs, as provided for in title II, chapter IV, 
          ``Education of Veterans'', of the ``Serviceman's Readjustment 
          Act of 1944'', approved June 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 287), and 
          subsequent amendments and Acts pertaining thereto; and
              (11) the Federal-State cooperative programs in wildlife 
          restoration and in fish restoration and management authorized 
          respectively by the Acts entitled ``An Act to provide that the 
          United States shall aid these States in wildlife restoration 
          projects, and for other purposes'', approved September 2, 1937 
          (50 Stat. 917), and popularly referred to as the ``Pittman-
          Robertson Act'', and ``An Act to provide that the United States 
          shall aid the States in fish restoration and management 
          projects, and for other purposes'', approved August 9, 1950 (64 
          Stat. 431), and popularly referred to as the ``Dingell-Johnson 
          Act'', and the program of animal damage control authorized by 
          the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize the Secretary of 
          Agriculture to carry out his ten-year cooperative program for 
          the eradication, suppression, or bringing under control of 
          predatory and other wild animals injurious to agriculture, 
          horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, wild game, and other 
          interests, and for the suppression of rabies and tularemia in 
          predatory or other wild animals, and for other purposes'', 
          approved March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468), as amended and 
          supplemented.
      (c) Certification.--The Office of Personnel Management shall, with 
  respect to any service for which credit is sought under this Act, 
  accept the certification of the Secretary of Agriculture or his 
  designee.
  
  SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY TO ANNUITANTS.
  
      (a) In General.--An annuity or survivor annuity--
              (1) computed in whole or in part in accordance with 
          subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code,
              (2) which is based on the service of an individual who 
          performed service described in section 3, and
              (3) the commencement date of which precedes the date of the 
          enactment of this Act,
  shall be recomputed in accordance with section 3 if application 
  therefor is made, and the deposit requirement under section 3(a) is 
  met, within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
      (b) Recomputation Rule.--Any change in an annuity or survivor 
  annuity resulting from a recomputation under subsection (a) shall be 
  effective as of the first day of the first month which begins after the 
  date of the enactment of this Act.
  
  SEC. 5. DEFINITION.
  
      For the purpose of this Act, the term ``State'' includes the 
  District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 
  Islands, and the territories of Hawaii and Alaska prior to statehood.
target: Cooperative Agricultural Programs Extended Retirement Credit Act of 1993 - Provides for crediting under certain conditions, service in certain Federal-State cooperative agricultural and other programs under the Civil Service Retirement System.
feat_title: Cooperative Agricultural Programs Extended Retirement Credit Act of 1993