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  • § 1600.14 Effect of election to be covered by BRS.

    (a) If a uniformed service member elects to be covered by BRS, the member may make a contribution election at any time.

    (b) Eligibility to make employee contributions, and therefore to have Agency Matching Contributions made on the member's behalf, is subject to the restrictions on making employee contributions after receipt of a financial hardship in-service withdrawal described at 5 CFR part 1650. [Reserved]

    (c) If the member had elected to make TSP contributions while not covered by BRS, the election remains effective until the member makes a new election.

    (d) Agency Automatic automatic (1%) Contributions contributions for all members covered under this section and, if applicable, Agency Matching Contributions agency matching contributions attributable to employee contributions must begin the first full pay period that the transfer to BRS becomes effective. at the time set forth in § 1600.19(c).

    [82 FR 60102, Dec. 19, 2017, as amended at 87 FR 31672, May 24, 2022]