2013 US Code
Title 37 - Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services
Chapter 3 - BASIC PAY (§§ 201 - 212)
Section 211 - Participation in Thrift Savings Plan
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 37 - PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 37 - PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES CHAPTER 3 - BASIC PAY Sec. 211 - Participation in Thrift Savings Plan |
Contains | section 211 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added and amended Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title VI, §§661(a)(1)(A), 662, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 670, 672; Pub. L. 109-163, div. A, title VI, §605, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3287; Pub. L. 110-181, div. A, title VI, §605(b), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 146. |
Statutes at Large References | 113 Stat. 670 119 Stat. 3287 120 Stat. 2247 122 Stat. 146 |
Public Law References | Public Law 106-65, Public Law 109-163, Public Law 109-364, Public Law 110-181 |
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(a)
(1) a member of the uniformed services serving on active duty; and
(2) a member of the Ready Reserve in any pay status.
(b)
(c)
(1) Release of the member from active duty, not followed, before the end of the 31-day period beginning on the day following the effective date of the release, by—
(A) a resumption of active duty; or
(B) an appointment to a position covered by chapter 83 or 84 of title 5 or an equivalent retirement system, as identified by the Executive Director (appointed by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board) in regulations.
(2) Transfer of the member to inactive status, or to a retired list pursuant to any provision of title 10.
(d)
(A)(i) is in a specialty designated by the Secretary as critical to meet requirements (whether such specialty is designated as critical to meet wartime or peacetime requirements); and
(ii) commits in such agreement to continue to serve on active duty in that specialty for a period of 6 years; or
(B) is enlisting in the armed forces for the first time and the period of the member's enlistment is not less than two years.
(2) Under any agreement entered into with a member under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall make contributions to the Fund for the benefit of the member for each pay period of the 6-year period of the agreement for which the member makes a contribution to the Fund under section 8440e of title 5 (other than under subsection (d)(2) thereof).
(3) In the case of a member described by paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall make contributions to the Fund for the benefit of the member for each pay period of the enlistment of the member described in that paragraph for which the member makes a contribution to the Fund under section 8440e of title 5 (other than under subsection (d)(2) thereof).
(4) Paragraph (2) of section 8432(c) of title 5 applies to the Secretary's obligation to make contributions under this subsection, except that the reference in such paragraph (2) to contributions under paragraph (1) of such section 8432(c) does not apply.
(e)
(Added and amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, §§661(a)(1)(A), 662, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 670, 672; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VI, §605, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3287; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VI, §605(b), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 146.)
AMENDMENTS2008—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–181 added subsec. (e).
2006—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–163, §605(b), inserted "and First-Time Enlistees" after "Specialties" in heading.
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 109–163, §605(a)(1), designated existing provisions of subpar. (A) as cl. (i), redesignated former subpar. (B) as cl. (ii) of subpar. (A) and substituted "; or" for period at end, and added a new subpar. (B).
Subsec. (d)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 109–163, §605(a)(2)–(4), substituted "member under paragraph (1)(A)" for "member under paragraph (1)" in first sentence of par. (2), added par. (3), designated second sentence of par. (2) as (4), and in par. (4) substituted "this subsection" for "this paragraph".
1999—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–65, §662, added subsec. (d).
EFFECTIVE DATESection and amendment by Pub. L. 106–65 effective 180 days after Oct. 30, 2000, unless postponed, see section 663 of Pub. L. 106–65, as amended, set out as a note under section 8440e of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
PILOT PROGRAM ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN FOR INITIAL ENLISTEES IN THE ARMYPub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VI, §606, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3287, as amended by Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title VI, §608, title X, §1071(e)(3), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2247, 2401, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) assist the Army in recruiting efforts; and
"(2) assist such members in establishing habits of financial responsibility during their initial enlistment in the Armed Forces.
"(b)
"(c)
"(1)
"(2)
"(d)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) A description of the pilot program, including the number of members of the Army who participated in the pilot program and the contributions made by the Army to the Thrift Savings Fund on behalf of such members during the period of the pilot program.
"(B) An assessment, based on the pilot program and taking into account the views of officers and senior enlisted personnel of the Army, and of field recruiters, of the extent to which contributions by the military departments to the Thrift Savings Fund on behalf of members of the Armed Forces similar to the participants in the pilot program—
"(i) would enhance the recruiting efforts of the Armed Forces; and
"(ii) would assist such members in establishing habits of financial responsibility during their initial enlistment in the Armed Forces."
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