; and (2) shall be treated as creditable service by an employee for purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code. (d) Rights An individual who performed qualifying service, or a survivor of such an individual, shall be entitled to the rights, retroactive as applicable, provided to employees and their survivors for creditable service under the Civil Service Retirement System under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to that qualifying service. (e) Deduction, Contribution, and Deposit Requirements The deposit of funds in the Treasury of the United States made by Air America in the form of a lump-sum payment apportioned in part to the Civil Service Disability and Retirement Fund in 1976 is deemed to satisfy the deduction, contribution, and deposit requirements under section 8334 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to all periods of qualifying service. (f) Application Time Limit Section 8345(i)(2) of title 5, United States Code, shall be applied with respect to the death of an individual who performed qualifying service by substituting 2 years after the effective date under section 2(g) of the Air America Act of 2020 for 30 years after the death or other event which gives rise to title to the benefit . (g) Effective Date This section shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.