[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2, Parts 700 to 1199]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR842.103]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 842--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM--BASIC ANNUITY--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--Coverage
 
Sec. 842.103  General.

    To be covered under FERS, an individual must:
    (a) Be an employee, Member, or specifically covered by another 
provision of law;
    (b) Be covered by social security;
    (c) Have retirement deductions withheld from pay and have agency 
contributions made; and
    (d) Be paid based on units of time.

Except as provided in Sec. 842.104 and as excluded by Sec. 842.105, an 
employee or Member is covered by FERS.