[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: 5CFR1620.41]

[Page 213]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD
 
PART 1620--EXPANDED AND CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart E--Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act 
                   (USERRA)--Covered Military Service
 
Sec. 1620.41  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart:
    Basic pay means basic pay as defined in Sec. 1620.2, except for the 
portion of the retroactive period when an employee did not receive a 
Federal salary. In that case, basic pay is the rate of pay that would 
have been payable to the employee had he or she remained continuously 
employed in the position last held before separating (or entering leave-
without-pay status) to perform military service.
    Current contributions means those contributions that are made 
prospectively for any pay period after the employee has been reemployed.
    Leave without pay or LWOP means a temporary nonpay status and 
absence from duty (including military furlough) to perform military 
service.
    Reemployed or reemployment means reemployed in (or restored from a 
nonpay status to) a position pursuant to 38 U.S.C. chapter 43, which is 
subject to 5 U.S.C. chapter 84 or which entitles the employee to 
contribute to the TSP pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8351.
    Retroactive period means the period for which an employee is 
entitled to make up missed employee contributions and to receive 
retroactive agency contributions.
    Retroactive period beginning date means, for an employee who was 
eligible to contribute to the TSP when military service began, the date 
following the effective date of separation or, in the case of LWOP, the 
date the employee enters LWOP status. For an employee who was not 
eligible to make TSP contributions when military service began, the 
retroactive period begins on the first day of the first pay period in 
the election period during which the employee would have been eligible 
to make contributions had the employee remained in Federal civilian 
service.
    Retroactive period ending date means the earlier of the following 
two dates: the date before the first day of the first election period 
during which a contribution election could have been made effective 
after reemployment, or the last day of the pay period before the pay 
period during which routine current contributions are begun after the 
employee is reemployed (or restored). If an employee who was making 
contributions when he or she separated elects not to make routine 
current contributions, the ending date of the retroactive period is the 
last day of the pay period during which the employee elects to terminate 
contributions.
    Separation or separated means the period an employee was separated 
from Federal civilian service (or entered a leave-without-pay status) in 
order to perform military service.