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[CITE: 5USC8314]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
                         CHAPTER 83--RETIREMENT
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--FORFEITURE OF ANNUITIES AND RETIRED PAY
 
Sec. 8314. Refusal to testify

    (a) An individual, or his survivor or beneficiary, may not be paid 
annuity or retired pay on the basis of the service of the individual 
which is creditable toward the annuity or retired pay, subject to the 
exceptions in section 8311(2) and (3) of this title, if the individual, 
before, on, or after September 1, 1954, refused or refuses, or knowingly 
and willfully failed or fails, to appear, testify, or produce a book, 
paper, record, or other document, relating to his service as an 
employee, before a Federal grand jury, court of the United States, 
court-martial, or congressional committee, in a proceeding concerning--
        (1) his past or present relationship with a foreign government; 
    or
        (2) a matter involving or relating to an interference with or 
    endangerment of, or involving or relating to a plan or attempt to 
    interfere with or endanger, the national security or defense of the 
    United States.

    (b) The prohibition on payment of annuity or retired pay under 
subsection (a) of this section applies to the period after the date of 
the failure or refusal of the individual, or after September 1, 1954, 
whichever is later.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 561.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 2283(a).             Sept. 26, 1961, Pub.
                                                    L. 87-299, Sec.  1
                                                    ``Sec. 2(a)'', 75
                                                    Stat. 642.
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    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 8311, 8315, 8316, 8318, 8320 
of this title.
