[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 416 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 416


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 24, 1999

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental 
                                Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
To provide for the rectification of certain retirement coverage errors 
          affecting Federal employees, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Retirement 
Coverage Corrections Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Applicability.
Sec. 4. Restriction relating to future corrections.
Sec. 5. Irrevocability of elections.
 TITLE I--DESCRIPTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS TO WHICH THIS ACT 
              APPLIES AND MEASURES FOR THEIR RECTIFICATION

  Subtitle A--Employee Who Should Have Been FERS Covered, But Who Was 
        Erroneously CSRS Covered or CSRS-Offset Covered Instead

Sec. 101. Elections.
Sec. 102. Effect of an election to be transferred from CSRS to FERS to 
                            correct a retirement coverage error.
Sec. 103. Effect of an election to be transferred from CSRS-Offset to 
                            FERS to correct a retirement coverage 
                            error.
Sec. 104. Effect of an election to be transferred from CSRS to CSRS-
                            Offset to correct a retirement coverage 
                            error.
Sec. 105. Effect of an election to be restored (or transferred) to 
                            CSRS-Offset after having been corrected to 
                            FERS from CSRS-Offset (or CSRS).
Sec. 106. Effect of election to remain FERS covered after having been 
                            corrected to FERS from CSRS-Offset (or 
                            CSRS).
  Subtitle B--Employee Who Should Have Been FERS Covered, CSRS-Offset 
Covered, or CSRS Covered, But Who Was Erroneously Social Security-Only 
                            Covered Instead

Sec. 111. Elections.
Sec. 112. Effect of an election to become FERS covered to correct the 
                            retirement coverage error.
Sec. 113. Effect of an election to become CSRS-Offset covered to 
                            correct the retirement coverage error.
Sec. 114. Effect of an election to become CSRS covered to correct the 
                            retirement coverage error.
Subtitle C--Employee Who Should Have Been Social Security-Only Covered, 
  But Who Was Erroneously FERS Covered, CSRS-Offset Covered, or CSRS 
                            Covered Instead

Sec. 121. Uncorrected error: employee who should be Social Security-
                            Only covered, but who is erroneously FERS 
                            covered instead.
Sec. 122. Uncorrected error: employee who should be Social Security-
                            Only covered, but who is erroneously CSRS-
                            Offset covered instead.
Sec. 123. Uncorrected error: employee who should be Social Security-
                            Only covered, but who is erroneously CSRS 
                            covered instead.
Sec. 124. Corrected error: situations under sections 121-123.
Sec. 125. Vested employees excepted from automatic exclusion.
 Subtitle D--Employee Who Should Have Been CSRS Covered or CSRS-Offset 
         Covered, But Who Was Erroneously FERS Covered Instead

Sec. 131. Elections.
Sec. 132. Effect of an election to be transferred from FERS to CSRS to 
                            correct a retirement coverage error.
Sec. 133. Effect of an election to be transferred from FERS to CSRS-
                            Offset to correct a retirement coverage 
                            error.
Sec. 134. Effect of an election to be restored to FERS after having 
                            been corrected to CSRS.
Sec. 135. Effect of an election to be restored to FERS after having 
                            been corrected to CSRS-Offset.
Sec. 136. Disqualification of certain individuals to whom same election 
                            was previously available.
Subtitle E--Employee Who Should Have Been CSRS-Offset Covered, But Who 
                  Was Erroneously CSRS Covered Instead

Sec. 141. Automatic transfer to CSRS-Offset.
Sec. 142. Effect of transfer.
  Subtitle F--Employee Who Should Have Been CSRS Covered, But Who Was 
                Erroneously CSRS-Offset Covered Instead

Sec. 151. Elections.
Sec. 152. Effect of an election to be transferred from CSRS-Offset to 
                            CSRS to correct the retirement coverage 
                            error.
Sec. 153. Effect of an election to be restored to CSRS-Offset after 
                            having been corrected to CSRS.
   Subtitle G--Additional Provisions Relating to Government Agencies

Sec. 161. Repayment required in certain situations.
Sec. 162. Equitable sharing of amounts payable from the Government if 
                            more than one agency involved.
Sec. 163. Provisions relating to the original responsible agency.
                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 201. Identification and notification requirements.
Sec. 202. Individual appeal rights.
Sec. 203. Information to be furnished by Government agencies to 
                            authorities administering this Act.
Sec. 204. Regulations.
Sec. 205. All elections to be approved by OPM.
Sec. 206. Technical and conforming amendments.
                      TITLE III--OTHER PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Provisions to permit continued conformity of other Federal 
                            retirement systems.
Sec. 302. Provisions to prevent reductions in force and any unfunded 
                            liability in the CSRDF.
Sec. 303. Individual right of action preserved for amounts not 
                            otherwise provided for under this Act.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) CSRS.--The term ``CSRS'' means the Civil Service 
        Retirement System.
            (2) CSRDF.--The term ``CSRDF'' means the Civil Service 
        Retirement and Disability Fund.
            (3) CSRS covered.--The term ``CSRS covered'', with respect 
        to any service, means service that is subject to the provisions 
        of subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, 
        other than those that apply only with respect to an individual 
        described in section 8402(b)(2) of such title.
            (4) CSRS-offset covered.--The term ``CSRS-Offset covered'', 
        with respect to any service, means service that is subject to 
        the provisions of subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, 
        United States Code, that apply with respect to an individual 
        described in section 8402(b)(2) of such title.
            (5) Employee.--The term ``employee'' means an employee as 
        defined by section 8331 or 8401 of title 5, United States Code, 
        and any other individual (not satisfying either of those 
        definitions) serving in an appointive or elective office or 
        position in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of 
        the Government who, by virtue of that service, is permitted or 
        required to be CSRS covered, CSRS-Offset covered, FERS covered, 
        or Social Security-Only covered.
            (6) Executive director.--The term ``Executive Director of 
        the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board'' or ``Executive 
        Director'' means the Executive Director appointed under section 
        8474 of title 5, United States Code.
            (7) FERS.--The term ``FERS'' means the Federal Employees' 
        Retirement System.
            (8) FERS covered.--The term ``FERS covered'', with respect 
        to any service, means service that is subject to chapter 84 of 
        title 5, United States Code.
            (9) Government.--The term ``Government'' has the meaning 
        given such term by section 8331(7) of title 5, United States 
        Code.
            (10) OASDI taxes.--The term ``OASDI taxes'' means the OASDI 
        employee tax and the OASDI employer tax.
            (11) OASDI employee tax.--The term ``OASDI employee tax'' 
        means the tax imposed under section 3101(a) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to Old-Age, Survivors and 
        Disability Insurance).
            (12) OASDI employer tax.--The term ``OASDI employer tax'' 
        means the tax imposed under section 3111(a) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to Old-Age, Survivors and 
        Disability Insurance).
            (13) OASDI trust funds.--The term ``OASDI trust funds'' 
        means the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 
        and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
            (14) Period of erroneous coverage.--The term ``period of 
        erroneous coverage'' means, in the case of a retirement 
        coverage error, the period throughout which retirement coverage 
        is in effect pursuant to such error (or would have been in 
        effect, but for such error).
            (15) Retirement coverage determination.--The term 
        ``retirement coverage determination'' means a determination by 
        an employee or agent of the Government as to whether a 
        particular type of Government service is CSRS covered, CSRS-
        Offset covered, FERS covered, or Social Security-Only covered.
            (16) Retirement coverage error.--The term ``retirement 
        coverage error'' means a retirement coverage determination 
        that, as a result of any error, misrepresentation, or inaction 
        on the part of an employee or agent of the Government 
        (including an error as described in section 163(b)(2)), causes 
        an individual erroneously to be enrolled or not enrolled in a 
        retirement system, as further described in the applicable 
        subtitle of title I.
            (17) Social security-only covered.--The term ``Social 
        Security-Only covered'', with respect to any service, means 
        Government service that constitutes employment under section 
        210 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 410), and that--
                    (A) is subject to OASDI taxes; but
                    (B) is not subject to any retirement system for 
                Government employees (disregarding title II of the 
                Social Security Act).
            (18) Thrift savings fund.--The term ``Thrift Savings Fund'' 
        means the Thrift Savings Fund established under section 8437 of 
        title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), this Act shall apply 
with respect to any retirement coverage error that occurs before, on, 
or after the date of enactment of this Act, excluding any error 
corrected within 1 year after the date on which it occurs.
    (b) Limitation.--Nothing in this Act shall affect any retirement 
coverage or treatment accorded with respect to any individual in 
connection with any period beginning before the first day of the first 
applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1984.

SEC. 4. RESTRICTION RELATING TO FUTURE CORRECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any 
individual who, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, becomes 
or remains affected by a retirement coverage error may not be excluded 
from or made subject to any retirement system for the sole purpose of 
correcting such error.
    (b) Coordination With Other Laws.--
            (1) In general.--Nothing in this Act shall be considered to 
        preclude any voluntary retirement coverage election made other 
        than under this Act.
            (2) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management shall 
        prescribe any regulations which may be necessary to apply this 
        Act in the case of any individual who changes retirement 
        coverage pursuant to an election described in paragraph (1).

SEC. 5. IRREVOCABILITY OF ELECTIONS.

    Any election made (or deemed to have been made) under this Act by 
an employee or any other individual shall be irrevocable.

 TITLE I--DESCRIPTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS TO WHICH THIS ACT 
              APPLIES AND MEASURES FOR THEIR RECTIFICATION

  Subtitle A--Employee Who Should Have Been FERS Covered, But Who Was 
        Erroneously CSRS Covered or CSRS-Offset Covered Instead

SEC. 101. ELECTIONS.

    (a) Applicability.--This subtitle shall apply in the case of any 
employee who--
            (1) should be (or should have been) FERS covered but, as a 
        result of a retirement coverage error, is (or was) CSRS covered 
        instead; or
            (2) should be (or should have been) FERS covered but, as a 
        result of a retirement coverage error, is (or was) CSRS-Offset 
        covered instead.
    (b) Uncorrected Error.--If, at the time of making an election under 
this section, the retirement coverage error described in paragraph (1) 
or (2) of subsection (a) (as applicable) has not been corrected, the 
employee affected by such error may elect--
            (1) to be FERS covered instead; or
            (2) to remain (or instead become) CSRS-Offset covered.
    (c) Corrected Error.--If, at the time of making an election under 
this section, the retirement coverage error described in paragraph (1) 
or (2) of subsection (a) (as applicable) has been corrected, the 
employee affected by such error may elect--
            (1) to be CSRS-Offset covered instead; or
            (2) to remain FERS covered.
    (d) Default Rule.--
            (1) In general.--If the employee is given written notice in 
        accordance with section 201 as to the availability of an 
        election under this section, but does not make any such 
        election within the 6-month period beginning on the date on 
        which such notice is so given, the option under subsection 
        (b)(2) or (c)(2), as applicable, shall be deemed to have been 
        elected on the last day of such period.
            (2) CSRS not an option.--Nothing in this section shall be 
        considered to afford an employee the option of becoming or 
        remaining CSRS covered.
    (e) Retroactive Effect.--An election under this section (including 
an election by default, and an election to remain covered by the 
retirement system by which the electing individual is covered as of the 
date of the election) shall be effective retroactive to the effective 
date of the retirement coverage error (as referred to in subsection 
(a)) to which such election relates.

SEC. 102. EFFECT OF AN ELECTION TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM CSRS TO FERS TO 
              CORRECT A RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERROR.

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in section 101(a)(1) who elects 
the option under section 101(b)(1).
    (b) Disposition of Contributions to the CSRDF.--
            (1) Employee contributions.--
                    (A) Transfer to oasdi trust funds.--There shall be 
                transferred from the CSRDF to the OASDI trust funds an 
                amount equal to the amount of the OASDI employee tax 
                that should have been deducted and withheld from the 
                Federal wages of the employee for the period of 
                erroneous coverage involved.
                    (B) Rule if there are excess csrdf contributions.--
                            (i) In general.--Any excess amount 
                        described in clause (ii) that is attributable 
                        to an employee described in subsection (a) 
                        shall be forfeited.
                            (ii) Excess amount defined.--The excess 
                        amount described in this clause is, in the case 
                        of an employee, the amount by which--
                                    (I) that portion of the employee's 
                                lump-sum credit that is attributable to 
                                the period of erroneous coverage 
                                involved, exceeds (if at all)
                                    (II) the total of the amount 
                                described in subparagraph (A) plus the 
                                amount that should have been deducted 
                                under section 8422 of title 5, United 
                                States Code, from the pay of the 
                                employee for the period of erroneous 
                                coverage involved.
                    (C) Rule if lump-sum credit is less than total 
                employee contributions to oasdi and csrdf that should 
                have been made.--
                            (i) In general.--
                                    (I) Shortfall to be made up by 
                                agency.--If the amount described in 
                                subparagraph (B)(ii)(I) is less than 
                                the total amount described in 
                                subparagraph (B)(ii)(II), an amount 
                                equal to the shortfall shall be made up 
                                (in such manner as the Commissioner of 
                                Social Security shall prescribe) by the 
                                agency in or under which the employee 
                                is then employed, out of amounts 
                                otherwise available in the 
                                appropriation, fund, or account from 
                                which any OASDI employer tax or 
                                contribution to the CSRDF (as 
                                applicable) may be made, except as 
                                provided in subclause (II) or clause 
                                (iii)(I).
                                    (II) Reduction for deposit due.--In 
                                any case in which a deposit is required 
                                under clause (ii), the amount required 
                                to be made up under subclause (I) shall 
                                be reduced by the amount of the deposit 
                                so required (but not below zero).
                            (ii) Deposit requirement.--
                                    (I) In general.--To the extent that 
                                the shortfall under clause (i) is due 
                                to the any lump-sum credit received by 
                                the employee (for which an appropriate 
                                deposit under section 8334(d)(1) of 
                                title 5, United States Code, has not 
                                been made), the employee shall be 
                                required to repay an amount equal to 
                                the amount of such deposit, except as 
                                provided in clause (iii)(I).
                                    (II) Treatment as a debt due.--If 
                                an employee fails to pay the amount 
                                required under subclause (I), that 
                                amount shall be recoverable by the 
                                CSRDF under the same authorities 
                                (including to waive a right of 
                                recovery) as described in section 
                                114(b)(2). For purposes of any exercise 
                                of authority under the preceding 
                                sentence, the Director of the Office of 
                                Personnel Management shall be 
                                considered the head of the agency 
                                concerned.
                            (iii) Special rules.--
                                    (I) Deposit for fers deductions not 
                                mandatory.--Nothing in this 
                                subparagraph shall, in any situation 
                                described in clause (ii), be considered 
                                to require any agency make-up payment 
                                (or employee repayment) of any portion 
                                of the lump-sum credit (beyond any 
                                amount necessary in order to permit the 
                                transfer described in paragraph (1)(A)) 
                                which would be assignable to amounts 
                                that should have been deducted under 
                                section 8422 of title 5, United States 
                                Code, from pay of the employee 
                                involved.
                                    (II) Authority to make fers 
                                deposit.--An employee under this 
                                section who has received a lump-sum 
                                credit (described in clause (ii)(I)) 
                                may not be credited, under chapter 84 
                                of title 5, United States Code, with 
                                any period of service to which that 
                                lump-sum credit relates unless the 
                                employee deposits into the CSRDF an 
                                amount equal to the percentage of such 
                                employee's basic pay (for such period 
                                of service) that should have been 
                                deducted under section 8422 of title 5, 
                                United States Code.
                    (D) Definition of lump-sum credit.--For purposes of 
                this paragraph, the term ``lump-sum credit'' has the 
                meaning given such term by section 8331 of title 5, 
                United States Code, except as the context may otherwise 
                indicate.
                    (E) Provisions relating to the application of this 
                paragraph in other situations.--
                            (i) General authority.--To the extent 
                        necessary to permit the operation of this 
                        paragraph in any situation covered by any other 
                        provisions of this Act (which incorporate this 
                        paragraph by reference), any necessary 
                        technical and conforming amendments to this 
                        paragraph not otherwise specifically provided 
                        for (such as citations to appropriate 
                        provisions of law corresponding to provisions 
                        cited in this paragraph) shall be made under 
                        regulations which the Office of Personnel 
                        Management shall prescribe.
                            (ii) Special rule.--
                                    (I) Deposits not precluded by fers 
                                restriction.--Nothing in section 
                                8424(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
                                shall, in any situation covered by this 
                                Act, prevent the making of any deposit 
                                (and crediting, for retirement 
                                purposes, of service for the 
                                corresponding period of time) to the 
                                extent that the deposit relates to the 
                                period of erroneous coverage involved.
                                    (II) Exception.--The preceding 
                                sentence shall not apply in any 
                                situation in which the employee 
                                involved was erroneously FERS covered, 
                                and remained FERS covered after the 
                                rectification provided for under this 
                                Act.
            (2) Government contributions.--
                    (A) Transfer to oasdi trust funds.--There shall be 
                transferred from the CSRDF to the OASDI trust funds the 
                excess of--
                            (i) the amount of the OASDI employer tax 
                        that should have been paid with respect to the 
                        employee for the period of erroneous coverage 
                        involved, over
                            (ii) the amount of the OASDI employer tax 
                        that may be assessed under section 6501 of the 
                        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in connection 
                        with such employee,
                determined in such manner as the Secretary of the 
                Treasury shall by regulation prescribe.
                    (B) Rule if csrdf contributions actually made are 
                less than total government contributions to oasdi and 
                csrdf that should have been made.--
                            (i) In general.--If the total Government 
                        contributions to the CSRDF that were made with 
                        respect to the employee for the period of 
                        erroneous coverage involved are less than the 
                        amount described in clause (ii), an amount 
                        equal to the shortfall shall be made up (in 
                        such manner as the Commissioner of Social 
                        Security shall prescribe) by the agency in or 
                        under which the employee is then employed.
                            (ii) Description of amount.--The amount 
                        described in this clause is the total of--
                                    (I) the amount required to be 
                                transferred under subparagraph (A), 
                                plus
                                    (II) the amount that should have 
                                been contributed by the Government 
                                under section 8423 of title 5, United 
                                States Code, for such employee with 
                                respect to such period.
                            (iii) Source of payments.--Any amount 
                        required to be paid by an agency under clause 
                        (i) shall be payable out of any appropriation, 
                        fund, or account available to such agency for 
                        making Government contributions to the CSRDF or 
                        the OASDI trust funds (as appropriate).
    (c) Makeup Contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund.--
            (1) In general.--An employee to whom this section applies 
        is entitled to have contributed to the Thrift Savings Fund on 
        such employee's behalf, in addition to any regular employee or 
        Government contributions that would be permitted or required 
        for the year in which the contributions under this subsection 
        are made, an amount equal to the sum of--
                    (A) the amount determined under paragraph (2) with 
                respect to such employee for the period of erroneous 
                coverage involved;
                    (B) an amount equal to the total contributions that 
                should have been made for such employee under section 
                8432(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, for the 
                period of erroneous coverage involved;
                    (C) an amount equal to the total contributions that 
                should have been made for such employee under section 
                8432(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code, for the 
                period of erroneous coverage involved (taking into 
                account both the amount referred to in subparagraph (A) 
                and any contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund 
                actually made by such employee with respect to the 
                period involved); and
                    (D) an amount equal to lost earnings on the amounts 
                referred to in subparagraphs (A) through (C), 
                determined in accordance with paragraph (3).
            (2) Amount based on average percentage of pay contributed 
        by employees during period of erroneous coverage.--
                    (A) In general.--The amount determined under this 
                paragraph with respect to an employee for a period of 
                erroneous coverage shall be equal to the amount of the 
                contributions such employee would have made if, during 
                each calendar year in such period, the employee had 
                contributed the percentage of such employee's basic pay 
                for such year specified in subparagraph (B) (determined 
                disregarding any contributions actually made by such 
                employee with respect to the year involved).
                    (B) Percentage to be applied.--
                            (i) In general.--The percentage to be 
                        applied under this subparagraph in the case of 
                        any employee with respect to a particular year 
                        is--
                                    (I) the average percentage of basic 
                                pay that was contributed for such year 
                                under section 8432(a) of title 5, 
                                United States Code, by full-time FERS 
                                covered employees who contributed to 
                                the Thrift Savings Fund in such year 
                                and for whom a salary rate is recorded 
                                (as of June 30 of such year) in the 
                                central personnel data file maintained 
                                by the Office of Personnel Management; 
                                or
                                    (II) if such average percentage for 
                                the year in question is unavailable, 
                                the average percentage for the most 
                                recent year prior to the year in 
                                question that is available.
                            (ii) Percentage contributed.--For purposes 
                        of clause (i)(I), the percentage of basic pay 
                        for each employee included in the average shall 
                        be determined by dividing the total employee 
                        contributions received into the Thrift Savings 
                        Plan account of that employee during such year 
                        by the annual salary rate for that employee as 
                        recorded in the central personnel data file 
                        (referred to in clause (i)(I)) as of June 30 of 
                        such year.
                    (C) Limitations.--In no event may the amount 
                determined under this paragraph for an individual with 
                respect to a year exceed the amount that, if added to 
                the amount of the contributions that were actually made 
                by such individual to the Thrift Savings Fund with 
                respect to such year (if any), would cause the total to 
                exceed--
                            (i) any limitation under section 415 or any 
                        other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 
                        1986 that would have applied to such employee 
                        with respect to such year; or
                            (ii) any limitation under section 8432(a) 
                        or any other provision of title 5, United 
                        States Code, that would have applied to such 
                        employee with respect to such year.
            (3) Lost earnings.--
                    (A) In general.--Lost earnings on any amounts 
                referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of 
                paragraph (1) shall, to the extent those amounts are 
                attributable to contributions that should have been 
                made with respect to a particular year, be determined 
                in the same way as if those amounts had in fact been 
                timely contributed and allocated among the TSP 
                investment funds in accordance with--
                            (i) the investment fund election that was 
                        accepted by the employing agency before the 
                        date the contribution should have been made and 
                        that was still in effect as of that date; or
                            (ii) if no such election was then in effect 
                        for the employee, the investment fund election 
                        attributed to such employee with respect to 
                        such year.
                    (B) Investment fund election attributed.--For 
                purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the investment fund 
                election attributed to an employee with respect to a 
                particular year is--
                            (i) the average percentage allocation of 
                        TSP contributions among the TSP investment 
                        funds from all sources, with respect to that 
                        year, except that the investment fund election 
                        attributed to contributions in years prior to 
                        1991 shall be the G Fund; or
                            (ii) if such average percentage allocation 
                        for the year in question is unavailable, the 
                        average percentage allocation for the most 
                        recent year prior to the year in question that 
                        is available.
                    (C) Definition of investment fund election, etc.--
                For purposes of this paragraph--
                            (i) the term ``investment fund election'' 
                        means a choice by a participant concerning how 
                        contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan shall 
                        be allocated among the TSP investment funds;
                            (ii) the term ``participant'' means any 
                        person with an account in the Thrift Savings 
                        Plan, or who would have an account in the 
                        Thrift Savings Plan but for an employing agency 
                        error (including an error as described in 
                        section 163(b)(2));
                            (iii) the term ``TSP investment funds'' 
                        means the C Fund, the F Fund, the G Fund, and 
                        any other investment fund in the Thrift Savings 
                        Plan created after December 27, 1996; and
                            (iv) the terms ``C Fund'', ``F Fund'', and 
                        ``G Fund'' refer to the funds described in 
                        paragraphs (1), (3), and (4), respectively, of 
                        section 8438(a) of title 5, United States Code.
            (4) Makeup contribution to be made in a lump sum.--
                    (A) In general.--Any amount to which an employee is 
                entitled under this subsection shall be paid promptly 
                by the agency in or under which the electing employee 
                is (as of the date of the election) employed, in a lump 
                sum, upon notification to such agency under 
                subparagraph (B)(ii) as to the amount due.
                    (B) Board functions.--The regulations under 
                paragraph (6) shall include provisions under which--
                            (i) each employing agency shall be required 
                        to determine and notify the Federal Retirement 
                        Thrift Investment Board, in a timely manner, as 
                        to any amounts under paragraph (1)(A)-(C) owed 
                        by such agency; and
                            (ii) the Board shall, based on the 
                        information it receives from an agency under 
                        clause (i), determine lost earnings on those 
                        amounts and promptly notify such agency as to 
                        the total amounts due from it under this 
                        subsection.
            (5) Justices and judges; magistrates; etc.--The preceding 
        provisions of this subsection shall not apply in the case of 
        any employee who, pursuant to the election referred to in 
        subsection (a), becomes subject to section 8440a, 8440b, 8440c, 
        or 8440d of title 5, United States Code.
            (6) Regulations.--The Executive Director of the Federal 
        Retirement Thrift Investment Board shall prescribe any 
        regulations necessary to carry out this subsection.

SEC. 103. EFFECT OF AN ELECTION TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM CSRS-OFFSET TO 
              FERS TO CORRECT A RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERROR.

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in section 101(a)(2) who elects 
the option under section 101(b)(1).
    (b) Effect of Election.--In the case of an employee described in 
subsection (a), the following provisions shall apply:
            (1) Section 102(b) (relating to disposition of 
        contributions to the CSRDF), but disregarding provisions 
        relating to transfers to OASDI trust funds.
            (2) Section 102(c) (relating to makeup contributions to the 
        Thrift Savings Fund).

SEC. 104. EFFECT OF AN ELECTION TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM CSRS TO CSRS-
              OFFSET TO CORRECT A RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERROR.

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in section 101(a)(1) who elects 
the option under section 101(b)(2).
    (b) Same as in the Case of an Election To Ratify Erroneous CSRS-
Offset Coverage.--
            (1) In general.--The effect of an election described in 
        subsection (a) shall be as described in section 101(b)(2), 
        except that the provisions of section 102(b) shall also apply.
            (2) Appropriate percentages to be used in determining 
        employee and government contributions to csrdf.--For purposes 
        of paragraph (1), section 102(b) shall be applied by 
        substituting ``the relevant provisions of section 8334(k)'' for 
        ``section 8422'' and ``section 8423''.

SEC. 105. EFFECT OF AN ELECTION TO BE RESTORED (OR TRANSFERRED) TO 
              CSRS-OFFSET AFTER HAVING BEEN CORRECTED TO FERS FROM 
              CSRS-OFFSET (OR CSRS).

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 
section 101(a) who (after having been corrected to FERS coverage) 
elects the option under section 101(c)(1).
    (b) Disposition of Contributions to the CSRDF.--
            (1) In general.--The provisions of section 102(b) shall 
        apply in the case of an employee described in subsection (a), 
        subject to paragraph (2).
            (2) No transfers for amounts already paid into oasdi, 
        etc.--For purposes of paragraph (1), section 102(b) shall be 
        applied in conformance with the following:
                    (A) No double payments into oasdi.--To the extent 
                that the appropriate OASDI employee or employer tax has 
                already been paid for the total period involved (or any 
                portion thereof), reduce the respective amounts 
                required by paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A)(i) of section 
                102(b) accordingly.
                    (B) Appropriate percentages to be used in 
                determining employee and government contributions to 
                csrdf.--Substitute ``the relevant provisions of section 
                8334(k)'' for ``section 8422'' and ``section 8423''.
                    (C) Appropriate lump-sum credit to be used.--The 
                appropriate lump-sum credit to be used under this 
                subsection shall be determined in accordance with 
                regulations to be prescribed by the Office of Personnel 
                Management.
                    (D) Provisions to be applied with respect to the 
                total period involved.--Substitute ``total period 
                involved (as defined by section 105)'' for ``period of 
                erroneous coverage involved''.
    (c) Disposition of Excess TSP Contributions.--
            (1) Government contributions.--All Government contributions 
        made on behalf of the employee to the Thrift Savings Fund that 
        are attributable to the total period involved (including any 
        earnings thereon) shall be forfeited. For the purpose of 
        section 8437(d) of title 5, United States Code, amounts so 
        forfeited shall be treated as if they were amounts forfeited 
        under section 8432(g) of such title.
            (2) Employee contributions.--The election referred to in 
        subsection (a) shall not be taken into account for purposes of 
        any determination relating to the disposition of any employee 
        contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund, attributable to the 
        total period involved, that were in excess of the maximum 
        amount that would have been allowable under applicable 
        provisions of subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United 
        States Code (including any earnings thereon).
    (d) Definition of Total Period Involved.--For purposes of this 
section, the term ``total period involved'' means the period beginning 
on the effective date of the retirement coverage error involved and 
ending on the day before the date on which the election described in 
subsection (a) is made.

SEC. 106. EFFECT OF ELECTION TO REMAIN FERS COVERED AFTER HAVING BEEN 
              CORRECTED TO FERS FROM CSRS-OFFSET (OR CSRS).

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 
section 101(a) who (after having been corrected to FERS coverage) 
elects the option under section 101(c)(2).
    (b) Disposition of Contributions to the CSRDF.--The provisions of 
section 102(b) shall apply in the case of an employee described in 
subsection (a), subject to the same condition as set forth in section 
105(b)(2)(A).
    (c) Makeup Contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund.--Section 
102(c) shall apply, except that an agency shall receive credit for any 
automatic or matching Government contributions and any lost earnings 
paid by such agency as part of any corrections process previously 
carried out with respect to the employee involved.

  Subtitle B--Employee Who Should Have Been FERS Covered, CSRS-Offset 
Covered, or CSRS Covered, But Who Was Erroneously Social Security-Only 
                            Covered Instead

SEC. 111. ELECTIONS.

    (a) Applicability.--This subtitle shall apply in the case of any 
employee who--
            (1) should be (or should have been) FERS covered but, as a 
        result of a retirement coverage error, is (or was) Social 
        Security-Only covered instead;
            (2) should be (or should have been) CSRS-Offset covered 
        but, as a result of a retirement coverage error, is (or was) 
        Social Security-Only covered instead; or
            (3) should be (or should have been) CSRS covered but, as a 
        result of a retirement coverage error, is (or was) Social 
        Security-Only covered instead.
    (b) Uncorrected Error.--If, at the time of making an election under 
this section, the retirement coverage error described in paragraph (1), 
(2), or (3) of subsection (a) (as applicable) has not been corrected, 
the employee affected by such error may elect--
            (1)(A) in the case of an error described in subsection 
        (a)(1), to be FERS covered as well;
            (B) in the case of an error described in subsection (a)(2), 
        to be CSRS-Offset covered as well; or
            (C) in the case of an error described in subsection (a)(3), 
        to be CSRS covered instead; or
            (2) to remain Social Security-Only covered.
    (c) Corrected Error.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, there shall be submitted to the Congress 
        a proposal (including any necessary draft legislation) to carry 
        out the policy described in paragraph (2).
            (2) Policy.--Under the proposal, any employee with respect 
        to whom the retirement coverage error described in paragraph 
        (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) (as applicable) has already 
        been corrected, but under terms less advantageous to the 
        employee than would have been the case under this Act, shall be 
        afforded a reasonable opportunity to obtain treatment 
        comparable to the treatment afforded under this Act.
            (3) Joint action.--This subsection shall be carried out by 
        the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, in 
        consultation with the Executive Director of the Federal 
        Retirement Thrift Investment Board and the Commissioner of 
        Social Security.
    (d) Default Rule.--In the case of any employee to whom subsection 
(b) applies, if the employee is given written notice in accordance with 
section 201 as to the availability of an election under this section, 
but does not make any such election within the 6-month period beginning 
on the date on which such notice is so given, the option under 
subsection (b)(2) shall be deemed to have been elected on the last day 
of such period.
    (e) Retroactive Effect.--An election under this section (including 
an election by default, and an election to remain covered by the 
retirement system by which the electing individual is covered as of the 
date of the election) shall be effective retroactive to the effective 
date of the retirement coverage error (as referred to in subsection 
(a)) to which such election relates.

SEC. 112. EFFECT OF AN ELECTION TO BECOME FERS COVERED TO CORRECT THE 
              RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERROR.

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in section 111(a)(1) who elects 
the option under section 111(b)(1)(A).
    (b) Makeup Contributions to the CSRDF.--Upon notification that an 
employee has made an election under this section, the agency in or 
under which such employee is employed shall promptly pay to the CSRDF, 
in a lump sum, an amount equal to the sum of--
            (1) the amount that should have been deducted and withheld 
        from the pay of the employee for the period of erroneous 
        coverage involved under section 8422 of title 5, United States 
        Code; and
            (2) the Government contributions that should have been paid 
        for the period of erroneous coverage involved under section 
        8423 of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Makeup Contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund.--Section 
102(c) shall apply in the case of an employee described in subsection 
(a).

SEC. 113. EFFECT OF AN ELECTION TO BECOME CSRS-OFFSET COVERED TO 
              CORRECT THE RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERROR.

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in section 111(a)(2) who elects 
the option under section 111(b)(1)(B).
    (b) Makeup Contributions to the CSRDF.--Upon notification that an 
employee has made an election under this section, the agency in or 
under which such employee is employed shall promptly pay to the CSRDF, 
in a lump sum, an amount equal to the sum of--
            (1) the amount that should have been deducted and withheld 
        from the pay of the employee for the period of erroneous 
        coverage involved under section 8334 of title 5, United States 
        Code; and
            (2) the Government contributions that should have been paid 
        under section 8334 of title 5, United States Code, for the 
        period of erroneous coverage involved.
    (c) Makeup Contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund.--
            (1) In general.--Makeup contributions to the Thrift Savings 
        Fund shall be made by the employing agency in the same manner 
        as described in section 102(c) (but disregarding subparagraphs 
        (B) and (C) of paragraph (1) thereof, and the other provisions 
        of section 102(c) to the extent that they relate to those 
        subparagraphs).
            (2) Appropriate percentages, etc. to be used.--For purposes 
        of paragraph (1), section 102(c) shall be applied--
                    (A) by substituting ``section 8351(b)'' for 
                ``section 8432(a)'' and by substituting ``CSRS covered 
                and CSRS-Offset covered'' for ``FERS covered'' in 
                paragraph (2)(B)(i) thereof; and
                    (B) by substituting ``section 8351(b)(2)'' for 
                ``section 8432(a)'' in paragraph (2)(C)(ii) thereof.

SEC. 114. EFFECT OF AN ELECTION TO BECOME CSRS COVERED TO CORRECT THE 
              RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERROR.

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in section 111(a)(3) who elects 
the option under section 111(b)(1)(C).
    (b) Makeup Contributions to the CSRDF.--
            (1) In general.--Upon notification that an employee has 
        made an election under this section, the agency in or under 
        which such employee is employed shall promptly pay to the 
        CSRDF, in a lump sum, an amount equal to the sum of--
                    (A) the amount that should have been deducted and 
                withheld from the pay of the employee for the period of 
                erroneous coverage involved under section 8334 of title 
                5, United States Code; and
                    (B) the Government contributions that should have 
                been paid under such section for the period of 
                erroneous coverage involved.
            (2) Agency to be reimbursed for certain amounts.--
                    (A) In general.--The employee for whom the payment 
                under paragraph (1) is made shall repay to the agency 
                (referred to in paragraph (1)) an amount equal to the 
                OASDI employee taxes refunded or refundable to such 
                employee for any portion of the period of erroneous 
                coverage involved (computed in such manner as the 
                Director of the Office of Personnel Management, with 
                the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 
                by regulation prescribe), not to exceed the amount 
                described in paragraph (1)(A).
                    (B) Right of recovery; waiver.--If the employee 
                fails to repay the amount required under subparagraph 
                (A), a sum equal to the amount outstanding is 
                recoverable by the Government from the employee (or the 
                employee's estate, if applicable) by--
                            (i) setoff against accrued pay, 
                        compensation, amount of retirement credit, or 
                        another amount due the employee from the 
                        Government; and
                            (ii) such other method as is provided by 
                        law for the recovery of amounts owing to the 
                        Government.
                The head of the agency concerned may waive, in whole or 
                in part, a right of recovery under this paragraph if it 
                is shown that recovery would be against equity and good 
                conscience or against the public interest.
                    (C) Treatment of amounts repaid or recovered.--Any 
                amount repaid by, or recovered from, an individual (or 
                an estate) under this paragraph shall be credited to 
                the appropriation account from which the amount 
                involved was originally paid.
    (c) Makeup Contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund.--In the case 
of an employee described in subsection (a), makeup contributions to the 
Thrift Savings Fund shall be made in the same manner as described in 
section 113(c).

Subtitle C--Employee Who Should Have Been Social Security-Only Covered, 
  But Who Was Erroneously FERS Covered, CSRS-Offset Covered, or CSRS 
                            Covered Instead

SEC. 121. UNCORRECTED ERROR: EMPLOYEE WHO SHOULD BE SOCIAL SECURITY-
              ONLY COVERED, BUT WHO IS ERRONEOUSLY FERS COVERED 
              INSTEAD.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in section 125, this section 
shall apply in the case of any employee who should be Social Security-
Only covered but, as a result of a retirement coverage error, is FERS 
covered instead.
    (b) Automatic Exclusion From FERS.--An employee described in 
subsection (a) shall not, by reason of the retirement coverage error 
described in subsection (a), be eligible to be treated as an individual 
who is FERS covered.
    (c) Disposition of Employee Contributions to the CSRDF.--There 
shall be paid to the employee, from the CSRDF, any lump-sum credit to 
which such employee would be entitled under section 8424 of title 5, 
United States Code, to the extent attributable to the period of 
erroneous coverage involved.
    (d) Disposition of TSP Contributions.--
            (1) Government contributions.--All Government contributions 
        made on behalf of the employee to the Thrift Savings Fund that 
        are attributable to the period of erroneous coverage involved 
        (including any earnings thereon) shall be forfeited in the same 
        manner as described in section 105(c).
            (2) Employee contributions.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of this section or any other provision of law, any 
        contributions made by the employee to the Thrift Savings Fund 
        during the period of erroneous coverage involved (including any 
        earnings thereon) shall be treated as if such employee had then 
        been correctly covered.

SEC. 122. UNCORRECTED ERROR: EMPLOYEE WHO SHOULD BE SOCIAL SECURITY-
              ONLY COVERED, BUT WHO IS ERRONEOUSLY CSRS-OFFSET COVERED 
              INSTEAD.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in section 125, this section 
shall apply in the case of any employee who should be Social Security-
Only covered but, as a result of a retirement coverage error, is CSRS-
Offset covered instead.
    (b) Automatic Exclusion From CSRS-Offset.--An employee described in 
subsection (a) shall not, by reason of the retirement coverage error 
described in subsection (a), be eligible to be treated as an individual 
who is CSRS-Offset covered.
    (c) Disposition of Employee Contributions to the CSRDF.--There 
shall be paid to the employee, from the CSRDF, the lump-sum credit to 
which such employee would be entitled under section 8342 of title 5, 
United States Code, to the extent attributable to the period of 
erroneous coverage involved.
    (d) Disposition of TSP Contributions.--In the case of an employee 
described in subsection (a), section 121(d)(2) shall apply.

SEC. 123. UNCORRECTED ERROR: EMPLOYEE WHO SHOULD BE SOCIAL SECURITY-
              ONLY COVERED, BUT WHO IS ERRONEOUSLY CSRS COVERED 
              INSTEAD.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in section 125, this section 
shall apply in the case of any employee who should be Social Security-
Only covered but, as a result of a retirement coverage error, is CSRS 
covered instead.
    (b) Automatic Exclusion From CSRS.--An employee described in 
subsection (a) shall not, by reason of the retirement coverage error 
described in subsection (a), be eligible to be treated as an individual 
who is CSRS covered.
    (c) Disposition of Contributions to the CSRDF.--
            (1) In general.--In the case of an employee described in 
        subsection (a), section 102(b) shall apply.
            (2) Irrelevant provisions to be disregarded.--For purposes 
        of paragraph (1), section 102(b) shall be applied disregarding 
        the provisions of paragraphs (1)(B)(ii)(II) (to the extent they 
        relate to amounts that should have been deducted under section 
        8422 of title 5, United States Code) and (2)(B)(ii)(II) 
        thereof.
    (d) Disposition of TSP Contributions.--In the case of an employee 
described in subsection (a), section 121(d)(2) shall apply.

SEC. 124. CORRECTED ERROR: SITUATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 121 THROUGH 123.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, there shall be submitted to the Congress a 
proposal (including any necessary draft legislation) to carry out the 
policy described in subsection (b).
    (b) Policy.--Under the proposal, any employee with respect to whom 
the applicable retirement coverage error (referred to in section 121, 
122, or 123, as applicable) has already been corrected, but under terms 
less advantageous to the employee than would have been the case under 
this Act, shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to obtain 
treatment comparable to the treatment afforded under this Act.
    (c) Joint Action.--This section shall be carried out by the 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation with 
the Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment 
Board and the Commissioner of Social Security.

SEC. 125. VESTED EMPLOYEES EXCEPTED FROM AUTOMATIC EXCLUSION.

    (a) In General.--Nothing in this subtitle shall, by reason of any 
retirement coverage error, result in the automatic exclusion of any 
employee from FERS, CSRS-Offset, or CSRS if, as of the date on which 
notice of such error is given (in accordance with section 201), such 
employee's rights have vested under the retirement system involved.
    (b) Vesting.--For purposes of this section, vesting of rights shall 
be considered to have occurred if the employee has (by the date as of 
which the determination is made) completed at least 5 years of civilian 
service, taking into account only creditable service under section 8332 
or 8411 of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Elections.--
            (1) Erroneously fers covered.--Any employee affected by an 
        error described in section 121 who is determined under this 
        section to satisfy subsection (b) may elect--
                    (A) to be treated in accordance with section 121; 
                or
                    (B) to remain FERS covered.
            (2) Other cases.--Any employee affected by an error 
        described in section 122 or 123 who is determined under this 
        section to satisfy subsection (b) may elect--
                    (A) to be treated in accordance with section 122 or 
                123 (as applicable); or
                    (B) to remain (or instead become) CSRS-Offset 
                covered.
    (d) Effect of an Election To Be Transferred From CSRS to CSRS-
Offset.--In the case of an employee affected by an error described in 
section 123 who elects the option under subsection (c)(2)(B), the 
effect of the election shall be the same as described in section 104.
    (e) Default Rule.--If the employee does not make any election 
within the 6-month period beginning on the date on which the 
appropriate notice is given to such employee, the option under 
paragraph (1)(B) or (2)(B) of subsection (c), as applicable, shall be 
deemed to have been elected as of the last day of such period. Nothing 
in this section shall be considered to afford an employee the option of 
becoming or remaining CSRS covered.
    (f) Retroactive Effect.--An election under this section (including 
an election by default, and an election to remain covered by the 
retirement system by which the electing individual is covered as of the 
date of the election) shall be effective retroactive to the effective 
date of the retirement coverage error to which the election relates.
    (g) Special Rule in Case of Disability.--If, as of the date 
referred to in subsection (a), the employee is entitled to receive an 
annuity under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code, based on 
disability, or compensation under subchapter I of chapter 81 of such 
title for injury to, or disability of, such employee, subsections (a) 
and (b) shall be applied by substituting (for the date that would 
otherwise apply) the date as of which entitlement to such annuity or 
compensation terminates (if at all).
    (h) Notification.--Any notice under section 201 shall include such 
additional information or other modifications as the Office of 
Personnel Management may by regulation prescribe in connection with the 
situations covered by this subtitle, particularly as they relate to the 
consequences of being vested or not being vested.

 Subtitle D--Employee Who Should Have Been CSRS Covered or CSRS-Offset 
         Covered, But Who Was Erroneously FERS Covered Instead

SEC. 131. ELECTIONS.

    (a) Applicability.--This subtitle shall apply in the case of any 
employee who--
            (1) should be (or should have been) CSRS covered but, as a 
        result of a retirement coverage error, is (or was) FERS covered 
        instead; or
            (2) should be (or should have been) CSRS-Offset covered 
        but, as a result of a retirement coverage error, is (or was) 
        FERS covered instead.
    (b) Uncorrected Error.--If, at the time of making an election under 
this section, the retirement coverage error described in paragraph (1) 
or (2) of subsection (a) (as applicable) has not been corrected, the 
employee affected by such error may elect--
            (1)(A) in the case of an error described in subsection 
        (a)(1), to be CSRS covered instead; or
            (B) in the case of an error described in subsection (a)(2), 
        to be CSRS-Offset covered instead; or
            (2) to remain FERS covered.
    (c) Corrected Error.--If, at the time of making an election under 
this section, the retirement coverage error described in paragraph (1) 
or (2) of subsection (a) (as applicable) has been corrected, the 
employee affected by such error may elect--
            (1) to be FERS covered instead; or
            (2)(A) in the case of an error described in subsection 
        (a)(1), to remain CSRS covered; or
            (B) in the case of an error described in subsection (a)(2), 
        to remain CSRS-Offset covered.
    (d) Default Rule.--If the employee is given written notice in 
accordance with section 201 as to the availability of an election under 
this section, but does not make any such election within the 6-month 
period beginning on the date on which such notice is so given, the 
option under subsection (b)(2) or (c)(2), as applicable, shall be 
deemed to have been elected on the last day of such period.
    (e) Retroactive Effect.--An election under this section (including 
an election by default, and an election to remain covered by the 
retirement system by which the electing individual is covered as of the 
date of the election) shall be effective retroactive to the effective 
date of the retirement coverage error (as referred to in subsection 
(a)) to which such election relates.

SEC. 132. EFFECT OF AN ELECTION TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM FERS TO CSRS TO 
              CORRECT A RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERROR.

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in section 131(a)(1) who elects 
the option available to such employee under section 131(b)(1)(A).
    (b) Makeup Contributions to the CSRDF.--
            (1) In general.--Upon notification that an employee has 
        made an election under this section, the agency in or under 
        which such employee is employed shall promptly pay to the 
        CSRDF, in a lump sum, an amount equal to the excess of--
                    (A) the amount by which--
                            (i) the amount that should have been 
                        deducted and withheld from the pay of the 
                        employee for the period of erroneous coverage 
                        involved under section 8334 of title 5, United 
                        States Code, exceeds
                            (ii) the amount that was actually deducted 
                        and withheld from the pay of the employee for 
                        the period of erroneous coverage involved under 
                        section 8422 of such title (and not refunded), 
                        over
                    (B) the amount by which--
                            (i) the amount of the Government 
                        contributions actually made under section 8423 
                        of such title with respect to the employee for 
                        the period of erroneous coverage involved, 
                        exceeds
                            (ii) the amount of the Government 
                        contributions that should have been made under 
                        section 8334 of such title with respect to the 
                        employee for the period of erroneous coverage 
                        involved.
            (2) Agency to be reimbursed for certain amounts.--
                    (A) In general.--The employee for whom the payment 
                under paragraph (1) is made shall repay to the agency 
                (referred to in paragraph (1)) an amount equal to the 
                OASDI employee taxes refunded or refundable to such 
                employee for any portion of the period of erroneous 
                coverage involved (computed in such manner as the 
                Director of the Office of Personnel Management, with 
                the concurrence of the Commissioner of Social Security, 
                shall by regulation prescribe), not to exceed the 
                amount described in paragraph (1)(A).
                    (B) Right of recovery; waiver.--If the employee 
                fails to repay the amount required under subparagraph 
                (A), a sum equal to the amount outstanding is 
                recoverable by the Government from the employee (or the 
                employee's estate, if applicable) by--
                            (i) setoff against accrued pay, 
                        compensation, amount of retirement credit, or 
                        another amount due the employee from the 
                        Government; and
                            (ii) such other method as is provided by 
                        law for the recovery of amounts owing to the 
                        Government.
                The head of the agency concerned may waive, in whole or 
                in part, a right of recovery under this paragraph if it 
                is shown that recovery would be against equity and good 
                conscience or against the public interest.
                    (C) Treatment of amounts repaid or recovered.--Any 
                amount repaid by, or recovered from, an individual (or 
                an estate) under this paragraph shall be credited to 
                the appropriation, fund, or account from which the 
                amount involved was originally paid.
    (c) Disposition of Excess TSP Contributions.--Section 105(c) shall 
apply in the case of an employee described in subsection (a).

SEC. 133. EFFECT OF AN ELECTION TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM FERS TO CSRS-
              OFFSET TO CORRECT A RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERROR.

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in section 131(a)(2) who elects 
the option available to such employee under section 131(b)(1)(B).
    (b) Effect.--The effect of an election referred to in subsection 
(a) shall be substantially the same as that described in section 105.

SEC. 134. EFFECT OF AN ELECTION TO BE RESTORED TO FERS AFTER HAVING 
              BEEN CORRECTED TO CSRS.

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in section 131(a)(1) who elects 
the option under section 131(c)(1).
    (b) Effect.--The effect of an election referred to in subsection 
(a) shall be substantially the same as that described in section 102.

SEC. 135. EFFECT OF AN ELECTION TO BE RESTORED TO FERS AFTER HAVING 
              BEEN CORRECTED TO CSRS-OFFSET.

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in section 131(a)(2) who elects 
the option under section 131(c)(1).
    (b) Effect.--The effect of an election referred to in subsection 
(a) shall be substantially the same as that described in section 103.

SEC. 136. DISQUALIFICATION OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO WHOM SAME ELECTION 
              WAS PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, an election 
under this subtitle shall not be available in the case of any 
individual to whom an election under section 846.204 of title 5 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect as of January 1, 1997) was 
made available in connection with the same error pursuant to 
notification provided in accordance with such section.

Subtitle E--Employee Who Should Have Been CSRS-Offset Covered, But Who 
                  Was Erroneously CSRS Covered Instead

SEC. 141. AUTOMATIC TRANSFER TO CSRS-OFFSET.

    (a) Applicability.--This subtitle shall apply in the case of any 
employee who should be (or should have been) CSRS-Offset covered but, 
as a result of a retirement coverage error, is (or was) CSRS covered 
instead.
    (b) Uncorrected Error.--If the error has not been corrected, the 
employee shall be treated in the same way as if such employee had 
instead been CSRS-Offset covered, effective retroactive to the 
effective date of such error.
    (c) Corrected Error.--If the error has been corrected, the 
correction shall (to the extent not already carried out) be made 
effective retroactive to the effective date of such error.

SEC. 142. EFFECT OF TRANSFER.

    The effect of a transfer under section 141 shall be as set forth in 
regulations which the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe 
consistent with section 104.

  Subtitle F--Employee Who Should Have Been CSRS Covered, But Who Was 
                Erroneously CSRS-Offset Covered Instead

SEC. 151. ELECTIONS.

    (a) Applicability.--This subtitle shall apply in the case of any 
employee who should be (or should have been) CSRS covered but, as a 
result of a retirement coverage error, is (or was) CSRS-Offset covered 
instead.
    (b) Uncorrected Error.--If, at the time of making an election under 
this section, the retirement coverage error described in subsection (a) 
has not been corrected, the employee affected by such error may elect--
            (1) to be CSRS covered instead; or
            (2) to remain CSRS-Offset covered.
    (c) Corrected Error.--If, at the time of making an election under 
this section, the retirement coverage error described in subsection (a) 
has been corrected, the employee affected by such error may elect--
            (1) to be CSRS-Offset covered instead; or
            (2) to remain CSRS covered.
    (d) Default Rule.--If the employee is given written notice in 
accordance with section 201 as to the availability of an election under 
this section, but does not make any such election within the 6-month 
period beginning on the date on which such notice is so given, the 
option under subsection (b)(2) or (c)(2), as applicable, shall be 
deemed to have been elected on the last day of such period.
    (e) Retroactive Effect.--An election under this section (including 
an election by default, and an election to remain covered by the 
retirement system by which the electing individual is covered as of the 
date of the election) shall be effective retroactive to the effective 
date of the retirement coverage error (as referred to in subsection 
(a)) to which such election relates.

SEC. 152. EFFECT OF AN ELECTION TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM CSRS-OFFSET TO 
              CSRS TO CORRECT THE RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERROR.

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in section 151(a) who elects 
the option available to such employee under section 151(b)(1).
    (b) Makeup Contributions to the CSRDF.--
            (1) In general.--Upon notification that an employee has 
        made an election under this section, the agency in or under 
        which such employee is employed shall promptly pay to the 
        CSRDF, in a lump sum, an amount equal to the amount by which--
                    (A) the amount that should have been deducted and 
                withheld from the pay of the employee for the period of 
                erroneous coverage involved under section 8334 of title 
                5, United States Code (by virtue of being CSRS 
                covered), exceeds
                    (B) any amounts actually deducted and withheld from 
                the pay of the employee for the period of erroneous 
                coverage involved under such section (pursuant to CSRS-
                Offset coverage).
            (2) Agency to be reimbursed for certain amounts.--
                    (A) In general.--The employee for whom the payment 
                under paragraph (1) is made shall repay to the agency 
                (referred to in paragraph (1)) an amount equal to the 
                OASDI employee taxes refunded or refundable to such 
                employee for any portion of the period of erroneous 
                coverage involved (computed in such manner as the 
                Director of the Office of Personnel Management, with 
                the concurrence of the Commissioner of Social Security, 
                shall by regulation prescribe), not to exceed the 
                amount described in paragraph (1)(A).
                    (B) Right of recovery; waiver.--If the employee 
                fails to repay the amount required under subparagraph 
                (A), a sum equal to the amount outstanding is 
                recoverable by the Government from the employee (or the 
                employee's estate, if applicable) by--
                            (i) setoff against accrued pay, 
                        compensation, amount of retirement credit, or 
                        another amount due the employee from the 
                        Government; and
                            (ii) such other method as is provided by 
                        law for the recovery of amounts owing to the 
                        Government.
                The head of the agency concerned may waive, in whole or 
                in part, a right of recovery under this paragraph if it 
                is shown that recovery would be against equity and good 
                conscience or against the public interest.
                    (C) Treatment of amounts repaid or recovered.--Any 
                amount repaid by, or recovered from, an individual (or 
                an estate) under this paragraph shall be credited to 
                the appropriation, fund, or account from which the 
                amount involved was originally paid.
            (3) Deposit to be based on amount of refund actually 
        received.--For purposes of applying sections 8334(d)(1) and 
        8339(i) of title 5, United States Code, in the case of an 
        employee described in subsection (a) who has received a refund 
        of deductions that are attributable to a period when the 
        employee was erroneously CSRS-Offset covered, nothing in either 
        of those sections shall be considered to require that, in order 
        to receive credit for that period as a CSRS-covered employee, a 
        deposit be made in excess of the refund actually received for 
        such period, plus interest.

SEC. 153. EFFECT OF AN ELECTION TO BE RESTORED TO CSRS-OFFSET AFTER 
              HAVING BEEN CORRECTED TO CSRS.

    (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in the case of any 
employee affected by an error described in section 151(a) who elects 
the option available to such employee under section 151(c)(1).
    (b) Disposition of Contributions to the CSRDF.--In the case of an 
employee described in subsection (a), the provisions of section 102(b) 
shall apply, except that, in applying such provisions--
            (1) ``the applicable provisions of section 8334'' shall be 
        substituted for ``section 8422'' in paragraph (1)(B)(ii)(II) 
        thereof; and
            (2) ``the applicable provisions of section 8334'' shall be 
        substituted for ``section 8423'' in paragraph (2)(B)(ii)(II) 
        thereof.

   Subtitle G--Additional Provisions Relating to Government Agencies

SEC. 161. REPAYMENT REQUIRED IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

    (a) In General.--An individual who previously received a payment 
ordered by a court or provided as a settlement of claim for losses 
resulting from a retirement coverage error shall not be entitled to 
make an election under this Act unless repayment of the amount so 
received by such individual is waived in whole or in part by the Office 
of Personnel Management, and any amount not waived is repaid.
    (b) Regulations.--Any repayment under this section shall be made in 
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Office.

SEC. 162. EQUITABLE SHARING OF AMOUNTS PAYABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT IF 
              MORE THAN ONE AGENCY INVOLVED.

    The Office of Personnel Management shall by regulation prescribe 
rules under which, in the case of an employee who has been employed in 
or under more than 1 agency since the date of the retirement coverage 
error involved (and before its rectification under this Act), any 
contributions or other amounts required to be paid from the then 
current employing agency (other than lost earnings under section 
163(a)(2)) shall be equitably allocated between or among the 
appropriate agencies.

SEC. 163. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE ORIGINAL RESPONSIBLE AGENCY.

    (a) Obligations of the Original Responsible Agency.--
            (1) Expenses for services of financial advisor.--The Office 
        of Personnel Management shall by regulation prescribe rules 
        under which, in the case of any employee eligible to make an 
        election under this Act, the original responsible agency (as 
        determined under succeeding provisions of this section) shall 
        pay (or make reimbursement for) any reasonable expenses 
        incurred by such employee for services received from any 
        licensed financial or legal consultant or advisor in connection 
        with such election.
            (2) Special rule.--Such regulations shall also include 
        provisions to ensure that, to the extent lost earnings under 
        the Thrift Savings Fund are involved in connection with a 
        particular error, the original responsible agency shall pay (or 
        reimburse any other agency that pays) any amounts to the Thrift 
        Savings Fund representing lost earnings with respect to such 
        error.
    (b) Original Responsible Agency Defined.--For purposes of this Act, 
the term ``original responsible agency'', with respect to a retirement 
coverage error affecting an employee, means--
            (1) except in the situation described in paragraph (2), the 
        agency determined by the Office of Personnel Management to have 
        made the initial retirement coverage error (including one made 
        before January 1, 1984); or
            (2) if the error is attributable, in whole or in part, to 
        an erroneous regulation promulgated by the Office of Personnel 
        Management, such Office.
    (c) Procedures for Identifying the Original Responsible Agency.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the original 
        responsible agency, in any situation to which this section 
        applies, shall be identified by the Office of Personnel 
        Management in accordance with regulations which the Office 
        shall prescribe.
            (2) Finality.--A determination made by the Office under 
        this subsection shall be final and not subject to any review.
    (d) If Original Responsible Agency No Longer Exists.--If the agency 
which (before the application of this subsection) is identified as the 
original responsible agency no longer exists (whether because of a 
reorganization or otherwise)--
            (1) the successor agency (as determined under regulations 
        prescribed by the Office) shall be treated as the original 
        responsible agency; or
            (2) if none, this section shall be applied by substituting 
        the CSRDF for the original responsible agency.
    (e) Source of Payments if Error Due to Erroneous OPM Regulations.--
In any case in which the Office of Personnel Management is the original 
responsible agency by reason of subsection (b)(2), any amounts payable 
from the Office under this section shall be payable from the CSRDF.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 201. IDENTIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe 
regulations under which Government agencies shall take such measures as 
may be necessary to ensure that all individuals who are (or have been) 
affected by a retirement coverage error giving rise to any election or 
automatic change in retirement coverage under this Act shall be 
promptly identified and notified in accordance with this section.
    (b) Matter To Be Included in Notice to Individuals.--Any notice 
furnished under this section shall be made in writing and shall include 
at least the following:
            (1) Description of error.--A description of the error 
        involved, including a clear and concise explanation as to why 
        the original retirement coverage determination was erroneous, 
        citations to (and a summary description of) the pertinent 
        provisions of law, and how that determination should instead 
        have been made.
            (2) Method for rectification.--How the error is to be 
        rectified under this Act, including whether rectification will 
        be achieved through an automatic change in retirement coverage 
        (and, if so, the time, form, and manner in which that change 
        will be effected) or an election.
            (3) Election procedures, etc.--If an election is provided 
        under this Act, all relevant information as to how such an 
        election may be made, the options available, the differences 
        between those respective options (as further specified in 
        succeeding provisions of this subsection), and the consequences 
        of failing to make a timely election.
            (4) Accrued benefits, etc.--With respect to the (or each) 
        retirement system by which the individual is then covered 
        (disregarding the Thrift Savings Plan), and to the extent 
        applicable:
                    (A) A brief summary of any benefits accrued.
                    (B) The amount of employee contributions made to 
                date and the effect of any applicable disposition rules 
                relating thereto (including provisions relating to 
                excess amounts or shortfalls).
                    (C) The amount of any Government contributions made 
                to date and the effect of any applicable disposition 
                rules relating thereto (including provisions relating 
                to excess amounts or shortfalls).
            (5) Thrift savings fund.--With respect to the Thrift 
        Savings Fund, the balance that then is (or would be) credited 
        to the individual's account depending on the option chosen, 
        with any such balance to be shown both in the aggregate and 
        broken down by--
                    (A) individual contributions;
                    (B) automatic (1 percent) Government contributions; 
                and
                    (C) matching Government contributions,
        including lost earnings on each and the extent to which any 
        makeup contributions or forfeitures would be involved.
            (6) OASDI benefits.--Such information regarding benefits 
        under title II of the Social Security Act as the Commissioner 
        of Social Security considers appropriate.
            (7) Other information.--Any other information that the 
        Director of the Office of Personnel Management may by 
        regulation prescribe after consultation with the Executive 
        Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board and 
        such other agency heads as the Director considers appropriate, 
        including any appeal rights available to the individual.
    (c) Comparisons.--Any amounts required to be included under 
subsection (b)(4) shall, with respect to the respective retirement 
systems involved, be determined--
            (1) as of the date the retirement coverage error was 
        corrected (if applicable);
            (2) as of the then most recent date for which those 
        benefits and amounts are ascertainable, assuming no change in 
        retirement coverage; and
            (3) as of the then most recent date for which those 
        benefits and amounts are ascertainable, assuming the 
        alternative option is chosen.
    (d) Past Errors.--All measures required under this section shall, 
with respect to errors preceding the date specified in section 204(e) 
(relating to the effective date for all regulations prescribed under 
this Act), be completed no later than December 31, 2001.

SEC. 202. INDIVIDUAL APPEAL RIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--An individual aggrieved by a final determination 
under this Act shall be entitled to appeal such determination to the 
Merit Systems Protection Board under section 7701 of title 5, United 
States Code.
    (b) Notification Appeals.--The Office of Personnel Management shall 
by regulation establish procedures under which individuals may bring an 
appeal to the Office with respect to any failure to have been properly 
notified in accordance with section 201. A final determination under 
this subsection shall be appealable under subsection (a).

SEC. 203. INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO 
              AUTHORITIES ADMINISTERING THIS ACT.

    (a) Applicability.--The authorities identified in this subsection 
are:
            (1) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
            (2) The Commissioner of Social Security.
            (3) The Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift 
        Investment Board.
    (b) Authority To Obtain Information.--Each authority identified in 
subsection (a) may secure directly from any department or agency of the 
United States information necessary to enable such authority to carry 
out its responsibilities under this Act. Upon request of the authority 
involved, the head of the department or agency involved shall furnish 
that information to the requesting authority.
    (c) Limitation; Safeguards.--Each of the respective authorities 
under subsection (a)--
            (1) shall request only such information as that authority 
        considers necessary; and
            (2) shall establish, by regulation or otherwise, 
        appropriate safeguards to ensure that any information obtained 
        under this section shall be used only for the purpose 
        authorized.

SEC. 204. REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Any regulations necessary to carry out this Act 
shall be prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management, the Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift 
Investment Board, the Commissioner of Social Security, the Secretary of 
the Treasury, and any other appropriate authority, with respect to 
matters within their respective areas of jurisdiction.
    (b) Matters To Be Included.--The regulations prescribed by the 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall include at least 
the following:
            (1) Former employees, annuitants, and survivor 
        annuitants.--
                    (A) In general.--Provisions under which, to the 
                maximum extent practicable and in appropriate 
                circumstances, any election available to an employee 
                under subtitle A, B, D, or F of title I shall be 
                available to a former employee, annuitant, or survivor 
                annuitant.
                    (B) Subtitle c situations.--Provisions under which 
                subtitle C of title I shall apply in the case of a 
                former employee.
                    (C) Subtitle e situations.--Provisions under which 
                the purposes of this paragraph shall be carried with 
                respect to any situation under subtitle E of title I.
            (2) Former spouses.--Provisions under which appropriate 
        notification shall be afforded to any former spouse affected by 
        a change in retirement coverage pursuant to this Act.
            (3) Procedural requirements.--Provisions establishing the 
        procedural requirements in accordance with which any 
        determinations under this Act (not otherwise addressed in this 
        Act) shall be made, in conformance with the requirements of 
        this Act.
            (4) Authority to make actuarial reduction in annuity by 
        reason of certain unpaid amounts.--Provisions under which any 
        payment required to be made by an individual to the Government 
        in order to make an election under this Act which remains 
        unpaid may be made by a reduction in the appropriate annuity or 
        survivor annuity. The reduction shall, to the extent 
        practicable, be designed so that the present value of the 
        future reduction is actuarially equivalent to the amount so 
        required.
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``annuitant'' means any individual who is an 
        annuitant as defined by section 8331(9) or 8401(2) of title 5, 
        United States Code; and
            (2) the term ``former employee'' includes any former 
        employee who satisfies the service requirement for title to a 
        deferred annuity under chapter 83 or 84 of such title 5 (as 
        applicable), but--
                    (A) has not attained the minimum age required for 
                title to such an annuity; or
                    (B) has not filed claim therefor.
    (d) Coordination Rule.--In prescribing regulations to carry out 
this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 
consult with--
            (1) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts;
            (2) the Clerk of the House of Representatives;
            (3) the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; and
            (4) other appropriate officers or authorities.
    (e) Effective Date.--All regulations necessary to carry out this 
Act shall take effect as of the first day of the first month beginning 
after the end of the 6-month period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act.

SEC. 205. ALL ELECTIONS TO BE APPROVED BY OPM.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no election under 
this Act (other than an election by default) may be given effect until 
the Office of Personnel Management has determined, in writing, that 
such election is in compliance with the requirements of this Act.

SEC. 206. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Amendment Relating to Limitation on Sources From Which 
Contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund Are Allowed.--Section 8432(h) 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``title.'' and 
inserting ``title or the Federal Retirement Coverage Corrections 
Act.''.
    (b) Description of Amounts Comprising the Thrift Savings Fund.--
Section 8437(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``expenses).'' and inserting ``expenses), as well as contributions 
under the Federal Retirement Coverage Corrections Act (and lost 
earnings made up under such Act).''.
    (c) Administrative Expenses.--
            (1) Thrift savings plan.--Section 8437(d) of title 5, 
        United States Code, is amended by inserting ``(including the 
        provisions of the Federal Retirement Coverage Corrections Act 
        that relate to this subchapter)'' after ``this subchapter''.
            (2) CSRS, csrs-offset, fers.--Section 8348(a)(2) of title 
        5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``statutes;'' and 
        inserting ``statutes (including the provisions of the Federal 
        Retirement Coverage Corrections Act that relate to this 
        subchapter);''.
            (3) MSPB.--Section 8348(a)(3) of title 5, United States 
        Code, is amended by striking ``title.'' and inserting ``title 
        and the Federal Retirement Coverage Corrections Act.''.

                      TITLE III--OTHER PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. PROVISIONS TO PERMIT CONTINUED CONFORMITY OF OTHER FEDERAL 
              RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.

    (a) Foreign Service.--The Secretary of State shall issue 
regulations to provide for the application of the provisions of this 
Act in a like manner with respect to participants, annuitants, or 
survivors under the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System or 
the Foreign Service Pension System (as applicable), except that--
            (1) any individual aggrieved by a final determination shall 
        appeal such determination to the Foreign Service Grievance 
        Board instead of the Merit Systems Protection Board under 
        section 202; and
            (2) the Secretary of State shall perform the functions and 
        exercise the authority vested in the Office of Personnel 
        Management or the Director of the Office of Personnel 
        Management under this Act.
    (b) Central Intelligence Agency.--Sections 292 and 301 of the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2141 and 2151) 
shall apply with respect to this Act in the same manner as if this Act 
were part of--
            (1) the Civil Service Retirement System, to the extent this 
        Act relates to the Civil Service Retirement System; and
            (2) the Federal Employees' Retirement System, to the extent 
        this Act relates to the Federal Employees' Retirement System.

SEC. 302. PROVISIONS TO PREVENT REDUCTIONS IN FORCE AND ANY UNFUNDED 
              LIABILITY IN THE CSRDF.

    (a) Provisions To Prevent Reductions in Force.--
            (1) Limitation.--An agency required to make any payments 
        under this Act may not conduct any reduction in force solely by 
        reason of any current or anticipated lack of funds attributable 
        to such payments.
            (2) Alternative required.--In the circumstance described in 
        paragraph (1), any cost savings that (but for this subsection) 
        would otherwise be sought through reductions in force shall 
        instead be achieved through attrition and limitations on 
        hiring.
    (b) Provisions to Prevent Unfunded Liability.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of section 8348(f) of title 
        5, United States Code, any unfunded liability in the CSRDF 
        created as a result of an election made (or deemed to have been 
        made) under this Act, as determined by the Office of Personnel 
        Management, shall be considered a new benefit payable from the 
        CSRDF.
            (2) Coordination rule.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
        the extent that subsection (h), (i), or (m) of section 8348 of 
        title 5, United States Code, would otherwise apply.

SEC. 303. INDIVIDUAL RIGHT OF ACTION PRESERVED FOR AMOUNTS NOT 
              OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR UNDER THIS ACT.

    Nothing in this Act shall preclude an individual from bringing a 
claim against the Government of the United States which such individual 
may have under section 1346(b) or chapter 171 of title 28, United 
States Code, or any other provision of law (except to the extent the 
claim is for any amounts otherwise provided for under this Act).

            Passed the House of Representatives March 23, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.