---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1600.11"
title: "5"
number: "1600.11"
heading: "Types of elections."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1600.11"
---

# §1600.11. Types of elections.

- (a) **Contribution elections.** A contribution election must be made pursuant to [§ 1600.12](/cfr/5/1600.12.md) and includes the following types of elections:
  - (1) To make employee contributions;
  - (2) To change the amount of employee contributions;
  - (3) To change the type of employee contributions (traditional or Roth); or
  - (4) **To terminate employee contributions.**
- (b) **Investment election.** A participant may make or change the manner in which future deposits to his or her account are allocated among the TSP core funds only in accordance with [5 CFR part 1601](/cfr/5/part1601.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 22089, May 2, 2001, as amended at 68 FR 35494, June 13, 2003; 70 FR 32207, June 1, 2005; 75 FR 24785, May 6, 2010; 77 FR 26422, May 4, 2012; 87 FR 31672, May 24, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8351, 8432(a), 8432(b), 8432(c), 8432(j), 8432d, 8474(b)(5) and (c)(1), and 8440e.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 22089, May 2, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 22089, May 2, 2001, as amended at 68 FR 35494, June 13, 2003; 70 FR 32207, June 1, 2005; 75 FR 24785, May 6, 2010; 77 FR 26422, May 4, 2012; 87 FR 31672, May 24, 2022]