---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1600.36"
title: "5"
number: "1600.36"
heading: "Matching contributions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1600.36"
---

# §1600.36. Matching contributions.

- (a) A participant is not entitled to keep the matching contributions and their associated earnings that are attributable to refunded default employee contributions.
- (b) The matching contributions and associated earnings attributable to refunded default employee contributions shall be forfeited to the TSP and used to offset administrative expenses.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 102, Pub. L. 111-31, div. B. tit. I, 123 Stat. 1776, 1853 (5 U.S.C. 8432(b)(2)(A)).

### Source

Source: 75 FR 43800, July 27, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### 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.