[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: 5CFR847.101]

[Page 370]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 847--ELECTIONS OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE BY CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES OF NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 847.101  Purpose and scope.


    (a) This part contains the regulations issued by the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) to implement the statutory election rights 
under the Portability of Benefits for Nonappropriated Fund Employees Act 
of 1990 and section 1043 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1996 of certain current and former NAFI employees.
    (b) This part establishes--
    (1) The eligibility requirements for making an election;
    (2) The procedures for making elections;
    (3) The methodologies to determine the employee costs associated 
with the elections; and
    (4) The methodologies to calculate benefits that include credit for 
NAFI service based on such elections.
    (c)(1) The regulations in this part apply to individuals covered by 
CSRS or FERS (and their survivors) and the employers of such 
individuals. The Department of Defense and the U.S. Coast Guard will 
issue any necessary regulations to implement these election rights to 
the extent they affect NAFI retirement systems under their jurisdiction.
    (2) The regulations in this part apply only to CSRS benefits and 
FERS basic benefits. They do not apply to benefits under the Thrift 
Savings Plan described in subchapter III of chapter 84, of title 5, 
United States Code.