5 CFR § 1650.21 - Information provided by employing agency or service.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s1650.21"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 1650.21 - Information provided by employing agency or service."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "1650.21"
section_name: "Information provided by employing agency or service."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD"
part_number: "1650"
part_name: "METHODS OF WITHDRAWING FUNDS FROM THE THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8351, 8432d, 8433, 8434, 8435, 8474(b)(5) and 8474(c)(1)."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 35503, June 13, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1650"
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# 1650.21 Information provided by employing agency or service.

When a TSP participant separates from Government service, his or her employing agency or service must report the separation and the date of separation to the TSP record keeper. Until the TSP record keeper receives this information from the employing agency or service, it will not pay a post-employment distribution.