; and (2) during the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be entitled to priority consideration for each appointment to a position in the Federal Government for which the impacted Federal employee is qualified if the impacted Federal employee has not been appointed to any other position in the Federal Government after becoming an impacted Federal employee that— (A) was not subject to a vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043; or (B) is an equal or higher grade than the previous Federal position of such impacted Federal employee. (b) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to override the application of veterans preferences under chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code. 5. Annuities (a) Reinstated employees (1) Annuity entitlement (A) In general An impacted Federal employee described in subparagraph (E) is deemed to have additional service equal to the number of twelfth parts of a year that is equal to the number of months that such impacted Federal employee was an impacted Federal employee prior to an appointment under section 2(a)(1), including the month in which such impacted Federal employee became an impacted Federal employee. (B) Withholdings The head of the former employing agency of an impacted Federal employee described in subparagraph (E) shall— (i) if such impacted Federal employee was subject to chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, immediately before becoming an impacted Federal employee— (I) withhold from amounts paid to such impacted Federal employee under section 2(a)(1) an amount equal to the amount that such former employing agency would withhold under subsection (k) or (a)(1)(A) of section 8334 of title 5, United States Code, as applicable, if— (aa) the amounts paid under section 2(a)(1) were the total basic pay of such impacted Federal employee; and (bb) such impacted Federal employee was employed in the previous Federal position of such impacted Federal employee