OPTION FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES TO ELECT FERS COVERAGE.

SEC. 106. OPTION FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES TO ELECT FERS COVERAGE. Section 301(a) of the Federal Employees’ Retirement System Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–335; 100 Stat. 599) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any individual— “(i) who is excluded from the operation of subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, under subsection (g), (i), (j), or (1) of section 8347 of such title, and “(ii) with respect to whom chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, does not apply because of section 8402(b)(2) of such title, shall, for purposes of an election under paragraph (1) or (2), be treated as if such individual were subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code. “(B) An election under this paragraph may not be made by any individual who would be excluded from the operation of chapter 84 101 STAT. 1747of title 5, United States Code, under section 8402(c) of such title (relating to exclusions based on the temporary or intermittent nature of one’s employment).”.