{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-839.213","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 839.213","heading":"May I make a retirement coverage election if I withdrew all or part of my TSP account after I was corrected to FERS?","body":"(a) You may not make a retirement coverage election if your qualifying retirement coverage error was previously corrected to FERS, and you later received one of the following TSP withdrawals:\n(1) A TSP annuity after separation from service, but before receiving a FERS annuity; or\n(2) A single payment or monthly payments after separation from service; or\n(3) An age-based in-service withdrawal.\n(b) If you received an automatic cashout of your TSP account after you separated (because your account balance was $3,500 or less), or if you received a financial hardship in-service withdrawal, you may make a retirement coverage election.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 839—CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS RETIREMENT COVERAGE CORRECTIONS ACT","Subpart B—Eligibility"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"82a56cb3c820c2229b076a1dcceffb489f64fcc0d9bf8d458a369df7cb7c90f4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-839.212","next":"us/5-cfr-839.214"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}