---
kind: "unit"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
key: "ch14/schVIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter VIII"
heading: "Retirement and Disability System"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/ch14-schVIII"
sections_count: 27
---

# Subchapter VIII — Retirement and Disability System

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse › Chapter 14 — Foreign Service

## Contents

- [Part A — Establishment of System](/usc/22/ch14-schVIII-ptA.md)
- [Part B — Contributions to the Fund](/usc/22/ch14-schVIII-ptB.md)
- [Part C — Computation and Payment of Annuities](/usc/22/ch14-schVIII-ptC.md)
- [Part D — Benefits Accruing to Certain Participants](/usc/22/ch14-schVIII-ptD.md)
- [Part E — Lump-Sum Payments](/usc/22/ch14-schVIII-ptE.md)
- [Part F — Service Period for Annuities](/usc/22/ch14-schVIII-ptF.md)
- [Part G — Moneys](/usc/22/ch14-schVIII-ptG.md)
- [Part H — Annuitants Recalled in Service or Reemployed in Government](/usc/22/ch14-schVIII-ptH.md)
- [Part I — Voluntary Contributions](/usc/22/ch14-schVIII-ptI.md)
- [Part J — Cost-of-Living Adjustments of Annuities](/usc/22/ch14-schVIII-ptJ.md)