Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§4071 Establishment; Application of Federal Employees’ Retirement System to Foreign Service Pension System Participants
Title 22 › CHAPTER 52 — FOREIGN SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER VIII — FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY › Part II — Foreign Service Pension System › § 4071
Summary
Creates the Foreign Service Pension System. Unless another law in this part or elsewhere says otherwise, chapter 84 of title 5 applies to its members, treating them the same as Federal Employees’ Retirement System participants.
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Title 22, §4071
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(a)There is hereby established a Foreign Service Pension System.
(b)Except as otherwise specifically provided in this part or any other provision of law, the provisions of chapter 84 of title 5 shall apply to all participants in the Foreign Service Pension System and such participants shall be treated in all respects similar to persons whose participation in the Federal Employees’ Retirement System provided in that chapter is required.
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Effective Date
Part effective Jan. 1, 1987, see section 702(a) of Pub. L. 99–335, set out as a note under section 8401 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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22 U.S.C. § 4071
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102