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2020 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees
Part III - Employees
Subpart G - Insurance and Annuities
Chapter 84 - Federal Employees' Retirement System
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Table of Contents SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
8401.Definitions.
8402.Federal Employees' Retirement System; exclusions.
8403.Relationship to the Social Security Act.

        

SUBCHAPTER II—BASIC ANNUITY
8410.Eligibility for annuity.
8411.Creditable service.
8412.Immediate retirement.
8412a.Phased retirement.
8413.Deferred retirement.
8414.Early retirement.
8415.Computation of basic annuity.
8416.Survivor reduction for a current spouse.
8417.Survivor reduction for a former spouse.
8418.Survivor elections; deposit; offsets.
8419.Survivor reductions; computation.
8420.Insurable interest reductions.
8420a.Alternative forms of annuities.
8421.Annuity supplement.
8421a.Reductions on account of earnings from work performed while entitled to an annuity supplement.
8422.Deductions from pay; contributions for other service; deposits.
8423.Government contributions.
8424.Lump-sum benefits; designation of beneficiary; order of precedence.
8425.Mandatory separation.

        

SUBCHAPTER III—THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN
8431.Certain transfers to be treated as a separation.
8432.Contributions.
8432a.Payment of lost earnings.
8432b.Contributions of persons who perform military service.
8432c.Contributions of certain persons reemployed after service with international organizations.
8432d.Qualified Roth contribution program.
8433.Benefits and election of benefits.
8434.Annuities: methods of payment; election; purchase.
8435.Protections for spouses and former spouses.
8436.Administrative provisions.
8437.Thrift Savings Fund.
8438.Investment of Thrift Savings Fund.
8439.Accounting and information.
8440.Tax treatment of the Thrift Savings Fund.
8440a.Justices and judges.
8440b.Bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges.
8440c.Court of Federal Claims judges.
8440d.Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
8440e.Members of the uniformed services.
8440f.Maximum percentage allowable for certain participants.

        

SUBCHAPTER IV—SURVIVOR ANNUITIES
8441.Definitions.
8442.Rights of a widow or widower.
8443.Rights of a child.
8444.Rights of a named individual with an insurable interest.
8445.Rights of a former spouse.

        

SUBCHAPTER V—DISABILITY BENEFITS
8451.Disability retirement.
8452.Computation of disability annuity.
8453.Application.
8454.Medical examination.
8455.Recovery; restoration of earning capacity.
8456.Military reserve technicians.

        

SUBCHAPTER VI—GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
8461.Authority of the Office of Personnel Management.
8462.Cost-of-living adjustments.
8463.Rate of benefits.
8464.Commencement and termination of annuities of employees and Members.
8464a.Relationship between annuity and workers' compensation.
8465.Waiver, allotment, and assignment of benefits.
8466.Application for benefits.
8466a.Embezzlement or conversion of payments.
8467.Court orders.
8468.Annuities and pay on reemployment.
8469.Withholding of State income taxes.
8470.Exemption from legal process; recovery of payments.

        

SUBCHAPTER VII—FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
8471.Definitions.
8472.Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
8473.Employee Thrift Advisory Council.
8474.Executive Director.
8475.Investment policies.
8476.Administrative provisions.
8477.Fiduciary responsibilities; liability and penalties.
8478.Bonding.
8478a.Investigative authority.
8479.Exculpatory provisions; insurance.
8480.Subpoena authority.

        
Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART III - EMPLOYEES
Subpart G - Insurance and Annuities
CHAPTER 84 - FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
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Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law Yes
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