5 CFR 1650.16
§ 1650.16 Required minimum distributions.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 1650.16, § 1650.16 Required minimum distributions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/10184
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(a) A separated participant must receive required minimum distributions from his or her account commencing no later than the required beginning date and, for each year thereafter, no later than December 31.
(b) A separated participant may elect to withdraw from his or her account or to begin receiving payments before the required beginning date, but is not required to do so.
(c) In the event that a separated participant does not withdraw from his or her account an amount sufficient to satisfy his or her required minimum distribution for the year, the TSP record keeper will automatically distribute the necessary amount on or before the applicable date described in paragraph (a) of this section.
(d) [Reserved]
(e) The rules set forth in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section shall apply to a separated participant who reclaims an account balance that was declared abandoned.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.