---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1620.30"
title: "5"
number: "1620.30"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1620.30"
---

# §1620.30. Scope.


This subpart applies to any employee of a Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) instrumentality of the Department of Defense (DOD) or the U.S. Coast Guard who elects to be covered by CSRS or FERS and to any employee in a CSRS- or FERS-covered position who elects to be covered by a retirement plan established for employees of a NAF instrumentality pursuant to the Portability of Benefits for Nonappropriated Fund Employees Act of 1990, Public Law 101-508, 104 Stat. 1388, 1388-335 to 1388-341, as amended (codified largely at 5 U.S.C. [8347(q)](/usc/5/8347.md?p=q) and [8461(n)](/usc/5/8461.md?p=n)).


## Notes

### 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.