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 I—Nuclear Materials Couriers (§842.901 to §842.910) > 842.901—Applicability and purpose.

842.901—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, air traffic controllers, and nuclear materials couriers employed under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS);
(2) 5 U.S.C. 8422(a), 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 5 U.S.C. chapter 84 and in 5 U.S.C. 1104 to delegate authority for personnel management to the heads of agencies.