Title 5, Chapter 84 — Federal Employees’ Retirement System

Definitions

Federal Employees’ Retirement System; exclusions

Relationship to the Social Security Act

Eligibility for annuity

Creditable service

Immediate retirement

Phased retirement

Deferred retirement

Early retirement

Computation of basic annuity

Survivor reduction for a current spouse

Survivor reduction for a former spouse

Survivor elections; deposit; offsets

Survivor reductions; computation

Insurable interest reductions

Alternative forms of annuities

Annuity supplement

Reductions on account of earnings from work performed while entitled to an annuity supplement

Deductions from pay; contributions for other service; deposits

Government contributions

Lump-sum benefits; designation of beneficiary; order of precedence

Mandatory separation

Certain transfers to be treated as a separation

Contributions

Payment of lost earnings

Contributions of persons who perform military service

Contributions of certain persons reemployed after service with international organizations

Qualified Roth contribution program

Benefits and election of benefits

Annuities: methods of payment; election; purchase

Protections for spouses and former spouses

Administrative provisions

Thrift Savings Fund

Investment of Thrift Savings Fund

Accounting and information

Tax treatment of the Thrift Savings Fund

Justices and judges

Bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges

Court of Federal Claims judges

Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Members of the uniformed services

Maximum percentage allowable for certain participants

Definitions

Rights of a widow or widower

Rights of a child

Rights of a named individual with an insurable interest

Rights of a former spouse

Disability retirement

Computation of disability annuity

Application

Medical examination

Recovery; restoration of earning capacity

Military reserve technicians

Renumbered § 8456]

Authority of the Office of Personnel Management

Cost-of-living adjustments

Rate of benefits

Commencement and termination of annuities of employees and Members

Relationship between annuity and workers’ compensation

Waiver, allotment, and assignment of benefits

Application for benefits

Embezzlement or conversion of payments

Court orders

Annuities and pay on reemployment

Withholding of State income taxes

Exemption from legal process; recovery of payments

Definitions

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Employee Thrift Advisory Council

Executive Director

Investment policies

Administrative provisions

Fiduciary responsibilities; liability and penalties

Bonding

Investigative authority

Exculpatory provisions; insurance

Subpoena authority