US Code Title 5 Chapter 84 Federal Employees’ Retirement System

Subchapter I - General Provisions

§ 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
§ 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

Last modified: October 26, 2015