[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: 5CFR839.701]

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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 
 
             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 
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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