5 CFR 839.701 - Is it correct that even though I had a qualifying retirement coverage error under the FERCCA, I may not have a choice of retirement coverage?

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 16, 2025

Title 5 - Administrative Personnel last revised: Feb 13, 2025

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§ 839.701 - Is it correct that even though I had a qualifying retirement coverage error under the FERCCA, I may not have a choice of retirement coverage?

Under the FERCCA, the types of retirement coverage errors listed in § 839.241 trigger a right to make a retirement coverage election. The following chart summarizes the types of errors that do not trigger an election right:

You are in:	And you belong in:	Your coverage must be corrected to:
CSRS Offset	CSRS	CSRS.
CSRS	CSRS Offset	CSRS Offset.
Social Security-Only	CSRS	CSRS.
Social Security-Only	CSRS Offset	CSRS Offset.
Social Security-Only	FERS	FERS.

authority: Title II, Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 770

source: 66 FR 15609, Mar. 19, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 5 CFR 839.701