[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1620.20]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD
 
PART 1620--EXPANDED AND CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C--Article III Justices and Judges; Bankruptcy Judges and U.S. 
  Magistrates; and Judges of the Courts of Federal Claims and Veterans 
                                 Appeals
 
Sec. 1620.20  Scope.


    (a) This subpart applies to:
    (1) A justice or judge of the United States as defined in 28 U.S.C. 
451;
    (2) A bankruptcy judge appointed under 28 U.S.C. 152 or a United 
States magistrate appointed under 28 U.S.C. 631 who has chosen to 
receive a judges' annuity described at 28 U.S.C. 377 or section 2(c) of 
the Retirement and Survivors' Annuities for Bankruptcy Judges and 
Magistrates Act of 1988, Public Law 100-659, 102 Stat. 3910-3921;
    (3) A judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims appointed 
under 28 U.S.C. 171 whose retirement is covered by 28 U.S.C. 178; and
    (4) A judge of the Court of Veterans Appeals appointed under 38 
U.S.C. 7253.
    (b) This subpart does not apply to a bankruptcy judge or a United 
States magistrate who has not chosen a judges' annuity, or to a judge of 
the United States Court of Federal Claims who is not covered by 28 
U.S.C. 178. Those individuals may participate in the TSP only if they 
are otherwise covered by CSRS or FERS.

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