--- kind: "section" citation: "5 U.S.C. § 8432c" title: "5" title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees" number: "8432c" heading: "Contributions of certain persons reemployed after service with international organizations" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/8432c" units: - "Part III — Employees" - "Subpart G — Insurance and Annuities" - "Chapter 84 — Federal Employees’ Retirement System" - "Subchapter III — Thrift Savings Plan" --- # §8432c. Contributions of certain persons reemployed after service with international organizations - (a) In this section, the term “covered [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1)” means any [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) who— - (1) transfers from a [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) of employment covered by chapter [83](/usc/5/chptIII/sptG/ch83.md) or [84](/usc/5/chptIII/sptG/ch84.md) or subchapter I or II of [chapter 8](/usc/5/chptI/ch8.md)[^1] of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to a [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) of employment with an international organization pursuant to [section 3582](/usc/5/3582.md); - (2) pursuant to [section 3582](/usc/5/3582.md) elects to retain coverage, rights, and benefits under any [system](/usc/5/8401.md?p=29) established by law for the retirement of [persons](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) during the period of employment with the international organization and currently deposits the necessary deductions in payment for such coverage, rights, and benefits in the [system](/usc/5/8401.md?p=29)’s [fund](/usc/5/8401.md?p=6); and - (3) is reemployed pursuant to [section 3582(b)](/usc/5/3582.md?p=b) to a [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) covered by chapter [83](/usc/5/chptIII/sptG/ch83.md) or [84](/usc/5/chptIII/sptG/ch84.md) or subchapter I or II of [chapter 8](/usc/5/chptI/ch8.md)[^1] of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 after separation from the international organization. - (b) - (1) Each covered [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) may contribute to the Thrift Savings [Fund](/usc/5/8401.md?p=6), in accordance with this subsection, an amount not to exceed the amount described in [paragraph (2)](#b-2). - (2) The maximum amount which a covered [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) may contribute under [paragraph (1)](#b-1) is equal to— - (A) the total amount of all contributions under section [8351(b)(2)](/usc/5/8351.md?p=b-2) or [8432(a)](/usc/5/8432.md?p=a), as applicable, which the [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) would have made over the period beginning on the date of transfer of the [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) (as described in [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1)) and ending on the day before the date of reemployment of the [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) (as described in [subsection (a)(3)](#a-3)), minus - (B) the total amount of all contributions, if any, under section [8351(b)(2)](/usc/5/8351.md?p=b-2) or [8432(a)](/usc/5/8432.md?p=a), as applicable, actually made by the [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) over the period described in [subparagraph (A)](#b-2-A). - (3) Contributions under [paragraph (1)](#b-1)— - (A) shall be made at the same time and in the same manner as would any contributions under section [8351(b)(2)](/usc/5/8351.md?p=b-2) or [8432(a)](/usc/5/8432.md?p=a), as applicable; - (B) shall be made over the period of time specified by the [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) under [paragraph (4)(B)](#b-4-B); and - (C) shall be in addition to any contributions actually being made by the [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) during that period under section [8351(b)(2)](/usc/5/8351.md?p=b-2) or [8432(a)](/usc/5/8432.md?p=a), as applicable. - (4) The [Executive Director](/usc/5/8401.md?p=13) shall prescribe the time, form, and manner in which a covered [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) may specify— - (A) the total amount the [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) wishes to contribute with respect to any period described in [paragraph (2)(A)](#b-2-A); and - (B) the period of time over which the covered [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) wishes to make contributions under this subsection. - (c) If a covered [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) who makes contributions under [section 8432(a)](/usc/5/8432.md?p=a) makes contributions under [subsection (b)](#b), the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) employing the [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) shall make those contributions to the Thrift Savings [Fund](/usc/5/8401.md?p=6) on the [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1)’s behalf in the same manner as contributions are made for an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) described in [section 8432b(a)](/usc/5/8432b.md?p=a) under sections [8432b(c)](/usc/5/8432b.md?p=c), [8432b(d)](/usc/5/8432b.md?p=d), and [8432b(f)](/usc/5/8432b.md?p=f). Amounts paid under this subsection shall be paid in the same manner as amounts are paid under [section 8432b(g)](/usc/5/8432b.md?p=g). - (d) For purposes of any computation under this section, a covered [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) shall, with respect to the period described in [subsection (b)(2)(A)](#b-2-A), be considered to have been paid at the rate which would have been payable over such period had the [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) remained continuously employed in the [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) that the [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) last held before transferring to the international organization. - (e) For purposes of [section 8432(g)](/usc/5/8432.md?p=g), a covered [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) shall be credited with a period of civilian [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) equal to the period beginning on the date of transfer of the [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) (as described in [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1)) and ending on the day before the date of reemployment of the [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) (as described in [subsection (a)(3)](#a-3)). - (f) The [Executive Director](/usc/5/8401.md?p=13) shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. ## Footnotes [^1]: See References in Text note below. ## Source credit (Added Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title III, § 334(a)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–440.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### References in Text The Foreign Service Act of 1980, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), (3), is Pub. L. 96–465, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2071. Subchapters I and II of chapter 8 of the Act probably mean subchapters I and II of chapter 8 of title I of the Act which are classified generally to parts I (§ 4041 et seq.) and II (§ 4071 et seq.), respectively, of subchapter VIII of chapter 52 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3901 of Title 22 and Tables. ### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ### Effective Date Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title III, § 334(c)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–441, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall apply to persons reemployed on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1999].”