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[CITE: 5USC8431]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
            CHAPTER 84--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
 
                   SUBCHAPTER III--THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN
 
Sec. 8431. Certain transfers to be treated as a separation

    (a) For purposes of this subchapter, separation from Government 
employment includes a transfer from a position that is subject to one of 
the retirement systems described in subsection (b) to a position that is 
not subject to any of them.
    (b) The retirement systems described in this subsection are--
        (1) the retirement system under this chapter;
        (2) the retirement system under subchapter III of chapter 83; 
    and
        (3) any other retirement system under which individuals may 
    contribute to the Thrift Savings Fund through withholdings from pay.

(Added Pub. L. 106-168, title II, Sec. 203(a)(1), Dec. 12, 1999, 113 
Stat. 1820.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 8431, added Pub. L. 99-335, title I, Sec. 101(a), 
June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 541; amended Pub. L. 101-509, title V, Sec. 529 
[title I, Sec. 101(b)(6)(B)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1440, 
provided a definition of ``basic pay'' for this subchapter, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(f) [title VI, 
Sec. 659 [title II, Secs. 206(a)(2), 207]], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3009-314, 3009-372, 3009-378, effective Sept. 30, 1996.


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 106-168, title II, Sec. 203(c), Dec. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 
1820, provided that: ``The amendments made by this section [enacting 
this section and amending section 8351 of this title] shall apply with 
respect to transfers occurring before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act [Dec. 12, 1999], except that, for purposes of 
applying such amendments with respect to any transfer occurring before 
such date of enactment, the date of such transfer shall be considered to 
be the date of the enactment of this Act. The Executive Director (within 
the meaning of section 8401(13) of title 5, United States Code) may 
prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this subsection.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8351 of this title.
