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Benefits Administration Letter

Number: 97-101	Date: January 17, 1997

SUBJECT:	Availability of Revised FERS Refund Application Forms, SF 3106 and

SF 3106A

The Office of Personnel Management has revised Standard Form (SF) 3106, Application for Refund of Retirement Deductions Federal Employees Retirement System, and SF 3106A, Current/Former Spouse's Notification of Application for Refund of Retirement Deductions under the Federal Employees Retirement System. These forms are used by former FERS employees to apply for a refund of retirement deductions. The new editions of the SF 3106 and SF 3106A, dated March 1996, are now available. The new version of the SF 3106 includes information concerning procedures to follow to have any taxable interest paid with a refund rolled over directly to an Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA), as required in Public Law 102-318.

The SF 3106 includes a copy of the SF 3106A. Separate copies of the SF 3106A should be ordered when additional copies of the spousal notification are needed. The SF 3106/3106A can be ordered from the GSA Federal Supply Service using the normal FEDSTRIP/MILSTRIP procedures.

Ordering information is provided below.

Form No.	SF 3106

Title of Form	Application for FERS Refund of Retirement Deductions

National Stock No.	7540-01-249-5576

Estimated Cost	$14.37 per 100

Form No.	SF 3106A

Title of Form	Current/Former Spouse's Notification of Application for Refund of Retirement Deductions

National Stock No.	7540-01-249-5577

Estimated Cost	$1.33 per 100

Sidney M. Conley

Assistant Director

Office of Retirement Programs