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Title 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE > CHAPTER 52—FOREIGN SERVICE > SUBCHAPTER VIII—FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY > Part I—Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System

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If a participant dies and no claim for annuity is payable under this part, the lump-sum credit shall be paid in accordance with section 4055 of this title .

( Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 809 , Oct. 17, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2111 ; Pub. L. 99–335, title IV, § 402(a)(2) , (c), June 6, 1986 , 100 Stat. 609 ; Pub. L. 100–238, title II , §§ 214(b), 215(b), Jan. 8, 1988 , 101 Stat. 1774 .)

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