---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1600.14"
title: "5"
number: "1600.14"
heading: "Effect of election to be covered by BRS."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1600.14"
---

# §1600.14. Effect of election to be covered by BRS.

- (a) If a uniformed service member elects to be covered by BRS, the member may make a contribution election at any time.
- (b) [Reserved]
- (c) If the member had elected to make TSP contributions while not covered by BRS, the election remains effective until the member makes a new election.
- (d) Agency automatic (1%) contributions for all members covered under this section and, if applicable, agency matching contributions attributable to employee contributions must begin at the time set forth in [§ 1600.19(c)](/cfr/5/1600.19.md?p=c).

## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 60102, Dec. 19, 2017, as amended at 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

[82 FR 60102, Dec. 19, 2017, as amended at 87 FR 31672, May 24, 2022]