Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60
§4069 Thrift Savings Fund Participation
Title 22 › Chapter 52— FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter VIII— FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY › Part I— Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System › § 4069
Summary
Counts people in the System as federal employees for a related federal retirement rule. When that rule or nearby federal retirement laws talk about retiring or leaving under the usual federal retirement chapters, they should be read as referring to retiring or leaving under part I or part II of this System, and participants get similar benefits and rights.
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Title 22, §4069
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Participants in this System shall be deemed to be employees for the purposes of section 8351 of title 5. Any reference in such section 8351 or in subchapter III of chapter 84 of such title 5 to retirement or separation under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 5 shall be deemed to be references to retirement or separation under part I or II of this subchapter with similar benefits or entitlements with respect to participants under such part I or II, respectively.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Jan. 1, 1987, see section 408 of Pub. L. 99–556, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1986 Amendment note under section 4046 of this title.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 4069
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60