[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR839.701]

[Page 248-249]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 839--CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS RETIREMENT COVERAGE CORRECTIONS ACT--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart G--Errors That Don't Permit an Election
 
Sec. 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

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Sec. 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:

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                                                      Your coverage must
           You are in:            And you belong in:   be corrected to:
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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.
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