Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60

§8471 Definitions

Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart G— Insurance and Annuities › Chapter 84— FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM › Subchapter VII— FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM › § 8471

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives plain meanings for key words used in this part of the law. Beneficiary: someone (not a participant) who can get payments from the Thrift Savings Fund under subchapter III. Council: the Employee Thrift Advisory Council. Participant: a person who has an account under section 8439. Person: an individual or various organizations (businesses, trusts, estates, associations, labor groups). Thrift Savings Fund: the fund set up under section 8437.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §8471

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

For the purposes of this subchapter—

(1)the term “beneficiary” means an individual (other than a participant) entitled to payment from the Thrift Savings Fund under subchapter III of this chapter;

(2)the term “Council” means the Employee Thrift Advisory Council established under section 8473 of this title;

(3)the term “participant” means an individual for whom an account has been established under section 8439 of this title;

(4)the term “person” means an individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, mutual company, joint-stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization, association, or labor organization; and

(5)the term “Thrift Savings Fund” means the Thrift Savings Fund established under section 8437 of this title.

Legislative History

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Effective Date

Subchapter VII effective June 6, 1986, see section 702(b)(1) of Pub. L. 99–335, set out as a note under section 8401 of this title.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 8471

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60