[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: 5CFR842.309]

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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 C--Credit for Service
 
Sec. 842.309  Contract service.

    Contract service with the United States will only be included in the 
computation of, or used to establish title to, an annuity under chapter 
84 of title 5, United States Code, if--
    (a) The employing agency exercised an explicit statutory authority 
to appoint an individual into the civil service by contract; or
    (b) The head of the agency which was party to the contract, based on 
a timely-filed application, in accordance with section 110 of Public Law 
100-238, and the regulations promulgated by OPM pursuant to that 
statute, certifies that the agency intended that an individual be 
considered as having been appointed to a position in which (s)he would 
have been subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United 
States Code, and deposit has been paid in accordance with OPM's 
regulations.

[55 FR 53136, Dec. 27, 1990]