---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1620.20"
title: "5"
number: "1620.20"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1620.20"
---

# §1620.20. Scope.

- (a) This subpart applies to:
  - (1) A justice or judge of the United States as defined in [28 U.S.C. 451](/usc/28/451.md);
  - (2) A bankruptcy judge appointed under [28 U.S.C. 152](/usc/28/152.md) or a United States magistrate judge appointed under [28 U.S.C. 631](/usc/28/631.md) who has chosen to receive a judges' annuity described at [28 U.S.C. 377](/usc/28/377.md) or [section 2(c)](/cfr/5/2.md?p=c) of the Retirement and Survivors' Annuities for Bankruptcy Judges and Magistrates Act of 1988, Public Law 100-659, 102 Stat. 3910-3921;
  - (3) A judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims appointed under [28 U.S.C. 171](/usc/28/171.md) whose retirement is covered by [28 U.S.C. 178](/usc/28/178.md); and
  - (4) A judge of the Court of Veterans Appeals appointed under [38 U.S.C. 7253](/usc/38/7253.md).
- (b) This subpart does not apply to a bankruptcy judge or a United States magistrate judge who has not chosen a judges' annuity, or to a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims who is not covered by [28 U.S.C. 178](/usc/28/178.md). Those individuals may participate in the TSP only if they are otherwise covered by CSRS or FERS.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 31057, June 9, 1999, as amended at 70 FR 32213, June 1, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8474(b)(5) and (c)(1). Subpart C also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8440a(b)(7), 8440b(b)(8), and 8440c(b)(8). Subpart D also issued under sec. 1043(b) of Pub. L. 104-106, 110 Stat. 186, and sec. 7202(m)(2) of Pub. L. 101-508, 104 Stat. 1388. Subpart E also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8432b(1) and 8440e.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 31057, June 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 31057, June 9, 1999, as amended at 70 FR 32213, June 1, 2005]