CSRS Creditable Civilian Service FERS Chapter 20 Table of ...

1 I CSRS Creditable Civilian Service FERS Chapter 20 Table of Contents Subchapter 20A CSRS Part 20A1 General Information Subpart Overview and Concept of Creditable Service Section Overview .. 1 A. Introduction .. 1 B. Topics Covered .. 1 C. Organization of Subchapter .. 2 D. Statement of Authority .. 2 Section Concept of Creditable Service .. 3 A. Introduction .. 3 B. Scope of Creditable Service .. 4 C. Provisions of 5 2105(a).. 4 D. Effect of Type of Appointment .. 5 E. Amount of Service To Be Credited .. 5 F. 6 G. Verifying Creditable 6 Part 20A2 Types of Creditable Civilian Service Subpart Service Under 5 Section Service Under 5 8332 .. 7 A. General .. 7 B. Service Listed in 5 8332 .. 7 Section Service as a Peace Corps or VISTA Volunteer .. 9 A. General 9 B.

2 Deposit Required .. 9 C. Effect of Social Security Eligibility .. 9 D. Requests for Certification of Peace Corps or VISTA Service .. 10 Section Service Credit for Employment With Certain Overseas Broadcasting Organizations .. 11 A. General .. 11 B. Organizations for Which Service May Be Credited .. 11 C. Credit for Broadcast 11 CSRS and FERS Handbook April 1998 ii CSRS Creditable Civilian Service FERS Chapter 20 D. Requests for Certification of Broadcast 12 E. Deposit 12 Section National Guard Technicians .. 13 A. General .. 13 B. Pre-1969 Service Under Public Laws 90-486 and 94-126: Technicians Under CSRS After December 31, 1968 .. 13 C. Pre-1969 Service Under Public Law 101-530 .. 14 D. Pre-1969 Service Under Public Law 14 Section Credit for Service With a Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) Instrumentality.

3 16 A. General .. 16 B. Rule .. 16 C. Deposit Not Required .. 17 Section Employee Organizations .. 18 A. When Service Is Creditable .. 18 B. When Service Is Not Creditable .. 18 Section Japanese-American Employee Credit .. 19 A. General .. 19 B. Public Law 86-782: Rule .. 19 C. Public Law 95-382: Rule .. 19 D. Prohibition Against Dual Credit .. 20 Section Campaign and Congressional Committees .. 21 A. General .. 21 B. Rule .. 21 Section Contract Service - General .. 22 A. General 22 B. Simultaneous 22 C. Certification by Agency Head .. 22 Section Section 110 Contract Service .. 23 A. 23 B. Excluded Service .. 23 C. Agency Certification of 23 D. Deposit Required .. 24 Section Service in Cooperating State and Federal Agencies .. 25 A. General 25 B.

4 When Service Is Creditable .. 25 C. Collaborator 25 D. Extension Service .. 26 E. Service With Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committees .. 26 in Agricultural Experiment Stations .. 27 G. Service in Land Grant 27 April 1998 CSRS and FERS Handbook CSRS Creditable Civilian Service FERS iii Chapter 20 H. Alternator (Seasonal) Employees .. 27 I. Service in Multi-State Regional Commissions .. 28 Section Employees Transferred to International Organizations and Mansfield Fellows29 A. General 29 B. When Service Is Creditable .. 29 C. Service as Mansfield Fellows .. 29 D. Service Credit Under Previous Law .. 29 Section Government-Owned Corporations .. 31 A. General .. 31 B. Government-Controlled Corporation .. 31 C. Test for Creditable 31 D. 31 Section Emergency Relief Agencies.

5 32 A. General .. 32 B. Rule .. 32 C. 32 D. Contact Agency .. 32 Section Service Under Other Contributory Retirement Systems .. 33 A. General 33 B. Exceptions .. 33 Section Service Under Noncontributory Retirement Systems .. 35 A. Rule .. 35 Section Service Covered by Social Security .. 36 A. Service Covered Only by Social 36 B. Service Covered by CSRS and Social Security .. 36 Section Federal Employee Assigned to State or Local Governments, Institutions of Higher Learning, or Nonprofit Organizations .. 37 A. General Rules .. 37 CSRS and FERS Handbook April 1998 iv CSRS Creditable Civilian Service FERS Chapter 20 Section Credit for Service With the Cadet Nurse Corps .. 38 A. General .. 38 B. Application Required by January 10, 38 C. Deposit Required .. 38 Section Commissioned Officers in the Public Health Service (PHS).

6 39 A. Background .. 39 B. Rule: PHS Service Before July 1, 1960 .. 39 C. Rule: PHS Service On or After July 1, 40 D. Election Between Annuity and Social Security .. 40 Section Miscellaneous .. 41 A. Merchant Marine 41 B. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps .. 41 C. Coast and Geodetic Survey and Environmental Science Services Administration .. 41 D. Food Service Employees of the House of Representatives .. 42 E. House Child Care Center Employees .. 42 F. Office of Thrift Supervision Employees .. 43 G. The District of Columbia Financial Control Authority (The Authority) .. 43 H. District of Columbia Courts .. 44 I. Enrichment Corporation .. 44 J. Civilian Marksmanship 44 K. Holocaust Memorial Council and Holocaust Memorial 44 Subpart Unused Sick Leave Section Unused Sick Leave.

7 45 A. General 45 B. Definition of a Formal Leave System .. 45 C. Restrictions .. 46 D. Presidential Appointees .. 46 E. Determining Amount of Sick Leave To Be Credited .. 46 Total Length of Service .. 47 G. Effect on 80-Percent Maximum Annuity .. 47 Part 20A3 Amount of Creditable Civilian Service Section Amount of Creditable Civilian Service .. 48 A. Periods of Absence: General .. 48 B. Workers' Compensation .. 48 C. Intermittent Service .. 49 D. Breaks in Service .. 51 E. Periods for Which Refunds Have Been Made .. 51 F. Nondeduction Service .. 52 G. Part-Time Service .. 52 H. Restoration After Removal or Suspension .. 52 I. Terminal Leave .. 53 J. Fractional Part of a Month in Total Service .. 53 April 1998 CSRS and FERS Handbook v CSRS Creditable Civilian Service FERS Chapter 20 Subchapter 20B FERS Part 20B1 General Information Section Overview.

8 54 A. Introduction .. 54 B. Organization of Subchapter .. 54 C. Statement of Authority .. 54 Section Concept of Creditable Service .. 55 A. General .. 55 B. Rules .. 55 C. Transferees With a CSRS Annuity Component .. 56 Part 20B2 Types of Creditable Civilian Service Section Service Under 5 8411 .. 57 A. General .. 57 B. Service Creditable Under Section 8411 .. 57 C. Nondeduction Service Performed After 1988 .. 57 Section Other Creditable Service .. 58 A. Applicable CSRS 58 B. Service Under Other Federal Retirement Systems .. 58 C. Service Covered Only by Social 58 D. Employees of the Senate Employee Child Care Center .. 58 Section Unused Sick Leave .. 60 A. General 60 B. Rule: Transferees .. 60 Part 20B3 Amount of Creditable Civilian Service Section Amount of Creditable Civilian Service .

9 61 A. Applicable CSRS Provision .. 61 B. Periods for Which Refunds Have Been Made .. 61 C. Nondeduction Service .. 61 CSRS and FERS Handbook April 1998 vi CSRS Creditable Civilian Service FERS Chapter 20 Appendix A Verification of Civilian Service A. General .. 62 B. Primary Sources of Records of Service .. 62 C. Verification from CSRS and FERS 62 D. Verification by Employing Agency or National Personnel Records Center .. 63 E. Agencies Retaining Permanent Records .. 64 F. Discontinued Agencies .. 65 G. Agencies Retaining Partial Records .. 66 H. Verification by National Personnel Records Center .. 67 1. 67 2. Verification from Payroll 67 3. When Secondary Evidence May Be Admissible .. 67 4. Forms of Secondary Evidence .. 68 5. Beginning and Ending Dates of Alleged Service To Be Established.

10 69 6. OPM Has Authority to Accept Secondary Evidence .. 70 I. Specific Verification Instructions for Special Types of Service .. 71 1. Department of Agriculture .. 71 2. Substitute Teachers for 71 3. Periods of Imprisonment of a Foreign National .. 71 4. Justices or Judges of the united states (28 451) .. 72 5. House Beauty Shop and Washington Representative for Guam or for the Virgin Islands 72 6. Campaign and Congressional Committees .. 72 7. Natives of the Pribilof Islands .. 73 8. Service as a Peace Corps or VISTA Volunteer .. 73 9. Overseas Broadcasting Organizations .. 74 10. National Guard Technicians .. 75 11. Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) 75 12. Japanese-American Employee 76 Appendix B Table of Creditable Service AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS .. 77 April 1998 CSRS and FERS Handbook 1 CSRS Creditable Civilian Service Chapter 20 Subchapter 20A CSRS Part 20A1 General Information Subpart Overview and Concept of Creditable Service Section Overview A.