[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1601.13]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD
 
PART 1601_PARTICIPANTS' CHOICES OF TSP FUNDS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B_Investing Future Deposits
 
Sec.  1601.13  Elections.

    (a) Contribution allocation. Each participant may indicate his or 
her choice of TSP Funds for the allocation of future deposits by using 
the TSP Web site or the ThriftLine, or by completing and filing the 
appropriate paper

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TSP form with the TSP record keeper in accordance with the form's 
instructions. The following rules apply to contribution allocations:
    (1) Contribution allocations must be made in one percent increments. 
The sum of the percentages elected for all of the TSP Funds must equal 
100 percent;
    (2) The percentage elected by a participant for investment of future 
deposits in a TSP Fund will be applied to all sources of contributions 
and transfers (or rollovers) from traditional IRAs and eligible employer 
plans. A participant may not make different percentage elections for 
different sources of contributions;
    (3) A participant who elects for the first time to invest in a TSP 
Fund other than the G Fund must execute an acknowledgment of risk in 
accordance with Sec.  1601.33;
    (4) All deposits made on behalf of a participant who does not have a 
contribution allocation in effect will be invested in the G Fund; and
    (5) Once a contribution allocation becomes effective, it remains in 
effect until it is superseded by a subsequent contribution allocation. 
If a separated participant is rehired and had not withdrawn his or her 
entire TSP account, the participant's last contribution allocation 
before separation from service will be effective until a new allocation 
is made.
    (b) Effect of rejection of contribution allocation. If a participant 
does not correctly complete a contribution allocation, the attempted 
allocation will have no effect. The TSP will provide the participant 
with a written statement of the reason the transaction was rejected.
    (c) Contribution elections. A participant may designate the amount 
of employee contributions he or she wishes to make to the TSP or may 
stop contributions only in accordance with 5 CFR part 1600.

[68 FR 35495, June 13, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 32207, June 1, 2005]