[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR846.721]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 846--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM--ELECTIONS OF COVERAGE--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart G--1998 Open Enrollment Elections
 
Sec. 846.721  Electing FERS coverage.

    (a) To elect FERS coverage, an employee must submit a completed FERS 
Election of Coverage form (SF 3109) and any additional documentation 
that may be required under Sec. 846.722 (relating to the former spouse 
consent requirement) to the employing office no later than the close of 
business on December 31, 1998.
    (b) Any writing signed by the employee and filed with the employing 
office may be treated as an election for the purpose of establishing the 
date of the election of FERS coverage if the employee intends that 
document to be an election, but the employee (or, if the employee dies 
after filing the election but before completing the SF 3109, the 
survivor) must submit a completed SF 3109 to confirm any such election.