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Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60

§8480 Subpoena Authority

Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart G— Insurance and Annuities › Chapter 84— FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM › Subchapter VII— FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM › § 8480

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Executive Director may issue subpoenas that order people to give documents, records, electronic data, or other materials needed to do the work under these subchapters. Anyone who in good faith follows a subpoena cannot be sued in any state or federal court. If someone refuses, a U.S. district court where the investigation or person is located must order compliance and may punish contempt. The Executive Director must make rules for this.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §8480

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In order to carry out the responsibilities specified in this subchapter and subchapter III of this chapter, the Executive Director may issue subpoenas commanding each person to whom the subpoena is directed to produce designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or tangible materials in the possession or control of that individual.
(b)Notwithstanding any Federal, State, or local law, any person, including officers, agents, and employees, receiving a subpoena under this section, who complies in good faith with the subpoena and thus produces the materials sought, shall not be liable in any court of any State or the United States to any individual, domestic or foreign corporation or upon a partnership or other unincorporated association for such production.
(c)When a person fails to obey a subpoena issued under this section, the district court of the United States for the district in which the investigation is conducted or in which the person failing to obey is found, shall on proper application issue an order directing that person to comply with the subpoena. The court may punish as contempt any disobedience of its order.
(d)The Executive Director shall prescribe regulations to carry out subsection (a).

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 8480

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60