[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR831.304]

[Page 98-99]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 831_RETIREMENT--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart C_Credit for Service
 
Sec.  831.304  Service with the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II.

    (a) Definitions and special usages. In this section--
    (1) Basic pay is computed at the rate of $15 per month for the first 
9 months of study; $20 per month for the 10th through the 21st month of 
study; and

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$30 per month for any month in excess of 21.
    (2) Cadet Nurse Corps service means any student or graduate nurse 
training, in a non-Federal institution, as a participant in a plan 
approved under section 2 of the Act of June 15, 1943 (57 Stat. 153).
    (3) CSRS means the Civil Service Retirement System.
    (b) Conditions for creditability. As provided by Pub. L. 99-638, an 
individual who performed service with the Cadet Nurse Corps is entitled 
to credit under CSRS if--
    (1) The service as a participant in the Corps totaled 2 years or 
more;
    (2) The individual submits an application for service credit to OPM 
no later than January 10, 1988;
    (3) The individual is employed by the Federal Government in a 
position subject to CSRS at the time he or she applies to OPM for 
service credit; and
    (4) The individual makes a deposit for the service before separating 
from the Federal Government for retirement purposes. Contrary to the 
policy ``deeming'' the deposit to be made for alternative annuity 
computation purposes, these deposits must be physically in the 
possession of the individual's employing agency before his or her 
separation for retirement purposes.
    (c) Processing the application for service credit. Upon receiving an 
application requesting credit for service with the Cadet Nurse Corps, 
OPM will determine whether all conditions for creditability have been 
met, compute the deposit (including any interest) as specified by 
sections 8334(e) (2) and (3) of title 5, United States Code, based upon 
the appropriate percentage of basic pay that would have been deducted 
from the individual's pay at the time the service was performed, and 
advise the agency and the employee of the total amount of the deposit 
due.
    (d) Agency collection and submission of deposit. (1) The 
individual's employing agency must establish a deposit account showing 
the total amount due and a payment schedule (unless deposit is made in 
one lump sum), and record the date and amount of each payment.
    (2) lf the individual cannot make payment in one lump sum, the 
employing agency must accept installment payments (by allotments or 
otherwise). However, the employing agency is not required to accept 
individual checks in amounts less than $50.
    (3) If the employee dies before completing the deposit, the 
surviving spouse may elect to complete the payment to the employing 
agency in one lump sum; however, the surviving spouse will not be able 
to initiate an application for such service credit.
    (4) Payments received by the employing agency must be remitted to 
OPM immediately for deposit to the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund.
    (5) Once the employee's deposit has been paid in full or closed out, 
the employing agency must submit the documentation pertaining to the 
deposit to OPM in accordance with published instructions.

[52 FR 43047, Nov. 9, 1987]