; or (B) in the case of a covered individual who does not so respond, 15 business days after the date the head of the agency provided notice to the individual under paragraph (2)(A), to the maximum extent practicable. (4) Appeal Any covered individual with respect to whom an annuity is to be reduced under this subsection may appeal the final order under paragraph (3) to the Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to such regulations as the Board may prescribe for purposes of this subsection. An appeal may not be made under this paragraph later than that date that is 10 business days after the date an order is issued under paragraph (3). (b) Administrative requirements (1) In general Not later than 30 business days after the date that the head of an agency issues a final order under subsection (a) or a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board is rendered (as the case may be) with respect to an individual, the applicable employing agency shall amend the covered individual’s retirement records to reflect the period of service that is no longer creditable by operation of this section and transmit the amended records to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. (2) Annuitants With respect to any covered individual who is an annuitant on the date a final order is so issued, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall, not later than 30 business days after the receipt of amended retirement records from an agency under paragraph (1), recalculate such annuity. (c) Lump-Sum annuity credit Any covered individual with respect to whom an annuity is reduced under subsection (a) shall be entitled to be paid so much of such individual’s lump-sum credit as is attributable to the period of felonious service. (d) Spouse exception The spouse of any covered individual referred to in subsection (a) shall be eligible for spousal annuity benefits that, but for subsection (a), would otherwise have been payable if the Attorney General of the United States or the attorney general of any state, territory,