CFR > Title 5 - Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (parts 110 to 990) > PART 842—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—BASIC ANNUITY > SUBPART H—Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, and Air Traffic Controllers (§842.801 to §842.811) > 842.801—Applicability and purpose.

842.801—Applicability and purpose.

(a) This subpart contains regulations of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to supplement—
(1) 5 U.S.C. 8412 (d) and (e), which establish special retirement eligibility for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers employed under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS);
(2) 5 U.S.C. 8422(a)(2)(B), pertaining to deductions;
(3) 5 U.S.C. 8423(a), pertaining to Government contributions; and
(4) 5 U.S.C. 8425, pertaining to mandatory retirement.
(b) The regulations in this subpart are issued pursuant to the authority given to OPM in 5 U.S.C. 8461(g) to prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of chapter 84 of title 5 of the United States Code, and in 5 U.S.C. 1104 to delegate authority for personnel management to the heads of agencies.

Code of Federal Regulations

[52 FR 2069, Jan. 16, 1987, as amended at 57 FR 32689, July 23, 1992]