§8418 — Title 5 Government Organization and Employees | U.S. Code

Summary

If a person picks a survivor option within 2 years after the triggering event, they must put into the Fund an amount that equals the reduction that would have happened to their annuity if that choice had been in effect since retirement (or a later date in some cases), plus interest at 6% per year. The agency will let the person pay this by cutting their future annuity instead of a lump sum. The cut will be set so its current value matches the required deposit as closely as possible, but total annuity cuts to pay these deposits cannot be more than 25% of the annuity as normally calculated. The cut starts when the survivor choice takes effect, is permanent, and stays in place even if the marriage ends or the former spouse’s rights change. These rules don’t apply if the person already made a prior, different election and that earlier election later becomes void under the other rules. The agency must write rules that let a survivor make such a deposit.

Title 5, §8418

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(a)(1)An individual who makes an election under subsection (b) or (c) of section 8416 or section 8417(b) which is required to be made within 2 years after the date of a prescribed event shall deposit into the Fund an amount determined by the Office (as nearly as may be administratively feasible) to reflect the amount by which the annuity of such individual would have been reduced if the election had been in effect since the date of retirement (or, if later, and in the case of an election under such section 8416(b), since the date the previous reduction in the annuity of such individual was terminated under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 8419(b)), plus interest.

(2)Interest under paragraph (1) shall be computed at the rate of 6 percent a year.

(b)The Office shall, by regulation, provide for payment of the deposit required under subsection (a) by a reduction in the annuity of the employee or Member. The reduction shall, to the extent practicable, be designed so that the present value of the future reduction is actuarially equivalent to the deposit required under subsection (a), except that the total reductions in the annuity of an employee or Member to pay deposits required by this section shall not exceed 25 percent of the annuity computed under section 8415 or section 8452, including adjustments under section 8462. The reduction required by this subsection, which shall be effective at the same time as the election under section 8416(b) and (c) or section 8417(b), shall be permanent and unaffected by any future termination of the marriage or the entitlement of the former spouse. Such reduction shall be independent of and in addition to the reduction required under section 8416(b) and (c) or section 8417(b).

(c)Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply if—

(1)the employee or Member makes an election under section 8416(b) or (c) after having made an election under section 8420; and

(2)the election under such section 8420 becomes void under subsection (b)(3) or (c)(2) of such section 8416.

(d)The Office shall prescribe regulations under which the survivor of an employee or Member may make a deposit under this section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1993—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–66, § 11004(b)(1), struck out “, before the expiration of the 2-year period involved,” after “into the Fund”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–66, § 11004(b)(2), amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “If the electing individual does not make the deposit required under subsection (a), the Office shall collect such amount by offset against such individual’s annuity, up to a maximum of 25 percent of the net annuity otherwise payable, and the individual is deemed to consent to such offset.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1993 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–66 effective on first day of first month beginning at least 30 days after Aug. 10, 1993, and applicable to all deposits required under section 8339(j)(3) or (5), 8339(k)(2), or 8418 of this title, on which no payment has been made prior to such

Effective Date

, with provision for partial deposit, see section 11004(c) of Pub. L. 103–66, set out as a note under section 8339 of this title.

§8418 Survivor elections; deposit; offsets

Summary

Title 5, §8418

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Effective Date

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