[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR839.411]

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                    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 D_Retirement Coverage Elections for Errors That Were Not 
                          Previously Corrected
 
Sec. 839.411  What can I elect if I was put in FERS by mistake?

    If you were placed in FERS due to a qualifying retirement coverage 
error and you should have been in CSRS, you may elect FERS or CSRS. If 
you were placed in FERS due to a qualifying retirement coverage error 
and you should

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have been in CSRS Offset, you may elect FERS or CSRS Offset. If you were 
placed in FERS due to a qualifying retirement coverage error and you 
should have been in Social Security-Only, you may elect FERS or Social 
Security-Only. This is summarized in the following chart:

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           You are in:            And you belong in:    You may elect:
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FERS............................  CSRS..............  FERS or CSRS.
FERS............................  CSRS Offset.......  FERS or CSRS
                                                       Offset.
FERS............................  Social Security-    FERS or Social
                                   Only.               Security-Only.
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