5 CFR 842.301 : Administrative Personnel (§ 1.1 To Parts 10003-10049) — (Parts 700-714 To Parts 1002-1199) — Office Of Personnel Management (Continued) (Parts 700-714 To Parts 1002-1199) — Civil Service Regulations (Continued) (Parts 700-714 To Part 990) — Federal Employees Retirement System - Basic Annuity (§ 842.101 To § 842.1009) — Credit For Service (§ 842.301 To § 842.310) — Purpose.

This subpart sets forth the provisions governing credit for service under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), 5 U.S.C. 8411. Except as provided by section 302 of the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-335 (the special provisions for employees who elect to transfer to FERS), service not creditable under this subpart is not creditable either for the purposes of determining eligibility to an annuity or in computing the rate of an annuity benefit under subchapter II (basic annuity), IV (survivor annuity), or V (disability annuity) of chapter 84 of title 5 of the United States Code.