{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-842.502","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 842.502","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this subpart—\nAge 62 means the day before an individual's sixty-second birthday.\nAnnuity Supplement means the monthly benefit described in § 842.504.\nApplicable exempt amount and earnings have the same meanings as in section 203 of the Social Security Act.\nExcess earnings means 50 percent of an individual's earnings which exceed the applicable exempt amount during a calendar year or, if less, an amount equal to the total annuity supplement paid to the individual in that year, but does not include earnings prior to an individual's attainment of the minimum retirement age.\nFERS means chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code.\nMinimum retirement age has the same meaning as in § 842.202.\nTest year means the calendar year immediately before the one in which any reductions required by 5 U.S.C. 8421a and § 842.505 are applied.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 842—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—BASIC ANNUITY","Subpart E—Annuity Supplement"],"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":"c1f512c563c291abc687bcaef320f092f0bb0fcb8411b62ed29301865c4ca3bd","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-842.501","next":"us/5-cfr-842.503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}