make up missed Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) contributions if they return to civilian service . below are eligible to make up (and if FERS, receive) those . | 02-7 Thrift Savings Plan BULLETIN for Agency TSP Representatives Subject: Thrift Savings Plan Participation of Individuals Who Return to Civilian Service or Pay Status Following Military Service Date: April 3, 2002 The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) allows certain employees who separate from civilian service to perform military service to make up missed Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) contributions if they return to civilian service under the provisions of USERRA. The law also authorizes employees who enter nonpay status to perform military service to make up TSP contributions after they return to civilian pay status. The law authorizing participation in the TSP by uniformed services members amends USERRA to require additional actions if the employee had contributed to the TSP while performing active military This bulletin discusses the actions that agencies must take to implement the TSP provi- sions of USERRA, as amended. It also transmits the Fact Sheet “TSP Benefits That Apply to Members of the Military Who Return to Civilian Service,” which has been revised ac- cordingly (Attachment 1). I. Eligibility Upon return to civilian service or pay status, employees who meet all of the con- ditions described below are eligible to make up (and if FERS, receive) those TSP contributions that they could have made (or received) if they had remained in civilian service or pay status. (continued on next page) 1 See TSP Bulletin 01-46, Uniformed Services Participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, dated November 30, 2001, for more information about such participation. Inquiries: Questions concerning this bulletin should be directed to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board at (202) 942-1460. Chapter: This bulletin may be filed in Chapter 3, Eligibility, or Chapter 6, Establishing and Maintaining Accounts. Supersedes: This bulletin supersedes TSP Bulletins 99-5, Fact Sheet on Thrift Savings Plan Benefits Resulting From .
