5 CFR Part 831
PART 831—RETIREMENT
- PART 831—RETIREMENT
- Chapter I—Office of Personnel Management › Subchapter B—Civil Service Regulations
- Subpart A—Administration and General Provisions
- § 831.101 Administration.
- § 831.102 Basic records.
- § 831.103 Evidence.
- § 831.104 Application.
- § 831.105 Computation of interest.
- § 831.106 Disclosure of information.
- § 831.107 Computation of time.
- § 831.109 Initial decision and reconsideration.
- § 831.110 Appeals.
- § 831.111 Employee deductions and agency contributions.
- § 831.112 Definitions of employee.
- § 831.113 Payments to children.
- § 831.114 Voluntary early retirement-substantial delayering, reorganization, reduction in force, transfer of function, or other workforce restructuring.
- § 831.115 Garnishment of CSRS payments.
- § 831.116 Garnishment of payments after disbursement.
- § 831.117 Computation of the supplemental liability.
- Subpart B—Coverage
- § 831.201 Exclusions from retirement coverage.
- § 831.202 Continuation of coverage for food service employees of the House of Representatives and the Senate Restaurants.
- § 831.203 Continuation of coverage for employees of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
- § 831.204 Elections of retirement coverage under the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995.
- § 831.205 CSRS coverage determinations to be approved by OPM.
- § 831.206 Continuation of coverage for former Federal employees of the Civilian Marksmanship Program.
- Subpart C—Credit for Service
- § 831.301 Military service.
- § 831.302 Unused sick leave.
- § 831.303 Civilian service.
- § 831.304 Service with the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II.
- § 831.305 Service with a nonappropriated fund instrumentality after June 18, 1952, but before January 1, 1966.
- § 831.306 Service as a National Guard technician before January 1, 1969.
- § 831.307 Contract service.
- Subpart D—Voluntary Contributions
- § 831.401 Purpose and scope.
- § 831.402 Definitions.
- § 831.403 Eligibility to make voluntary contributions.
- § 831.404 Procedure for making voluntary contributions.
- § 831.405 Interest on voluntary contributions.
- § 831.406 Withdrawal of voluntary contributions.
- § 831.407 Purchase of additional annuity.
- Subpart E—Eligibility for Retirement
- § 831.501 Time for filing application.
- § 831.502 Automatic separation; exemption.
- § 831.503 Retirement based on involuntary separation.
- Subpart F—Survivor Annuities
- Organization and Structure of Regulations on Survivor Annuities
- § 831.601 Purpose and scope.
- § 831.602 Relation to other regulations.
- § 831.603 Definitions.
- Elections at the Time of Retirement
- § 831.611 Election at time of retirement of fully reduced annuity to provide a current spouse annuity.
- § 831.612 Election at time of retirement of a fully reduced annuity or a partially reduced annuity to provide a former spouse annuity.
- § 831.613 Election of insurable interest annuity.
- § 831.614 Election of a self-only annuity or partially reduced annuity by married employees and Members.
- § 831.615 [Reserved]
- § 831.616 Elections by previously retired retiree with new title to an annuity.
- § 831.617 [Reserved]
- § 831.618 Waiver of spousal consent requirement.
- § 831.619 Marital status at time of retirement.
- Changes of Survivor Elections
- § 831.621 Changes of election before final adjudication.
- § 831.622 Changes of election after final adjudication.
- Post-Retirement Elections
- § 831.631 Post-retirement election of fully reduced annuity or partially reduced annuity to provide a current spouse annuity.
- § 831.632 Post-retirement election of fully reduced annuity or partially reduced annuity to provide a former spouse annuity.
- Eligibility
- § 831.641 Division of a survivor annuity.
- § 831.642 Marriage duration requirements.
- § 831.643 Time for filing applications for death benefits.
- § 831.644 Remarriage.
- § 831.645 Elections between survivor annuities.
- Payment of Survivor Annuities
- § 831.651 Commencing and terminating dates of survivor annuities.
- Survivor Election Deposits
- § 831.661 Deposits not subject to waiver.
- § 831.662 Deposits required to change an election after final adjudication.
- § 831.663 Actuarial reduction in annuity of retirees who make post-retirement elections to provide a current spouse annuity or a former spouse annuity.
- § 831.664 Post-retirement survivor election deposits that were partially paid before October 1, 1993.
- § 831.665 Payment of deposits under § 831.631, § 831.632, § 831.682, or § 831.684 under pre-October 1, 1993, law or when the retiree has died prior to October 1, 1993.
- Children's Annuities
- § 831.671 Proof of eligibility for a child's annuity.
- § 831.672 Annuity for a child age 18 to 22 during full-time school attendance.
- § 831.673 Rates of child annuities.
- Regulations Pertaining to Noncodified Statutes
- § 831.681 Annual notice required by Public Law 95-317.
- § 831.682 Election by a retiree who retired before May 7, 1985, to provide a former spouse annuity.
- § 831.683 Annuities for former spouses of employees or Members retired before May 7, 1985.
- § 831.684 Second chance elections to provide survivor benefits.
- § 831.685 Changes in elections to provide a current spouse annuity by a retiree who retired before May 28, 1986.
- Subpart G—Computation of Annuities
- § 831.701 Effective dates of annuities.
- § 831.702 Adjustment of annuities.
- § 831.703 Computation of annuities for part-time service.
- § 831.704 Annuities including credit for service with a nonappropriated fund instrumentality.
- Subpart H—Nuclear Materials Couriers
- § 831.801 Applicability and purpose.
- § 831.802 Definitions.
- § 831.803 Conditions for coverage in primary positions.
- § 831.804 Conditions for coverage in secondary positions.
- § 831.805 Evidence.
- § 831.806 Requests from individuals.
- § 831.807 Withholdings and contributions.
- § 831.808 Mandatory separation.
- § 831.809 Reemployment.
- § 831.810 Review of decisions.
- § 831.811 Oversight of coverage determinations.
- Subpart I—Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters
- § 831.901 Applicability and purpose.
- § 831.902 Definitions.
- § 831.903 Conditions for coverage in primary positions.
- § 831.904 Conditions for coverage in secondary positions.
- § 831.905 Evidence.
- § 831.906 Requests from individuals.
- § 831.907 Withholdings and contributions.
- § 831.908 Mandatory separation.
- § 831.909 Reemployment.
- § 831.910 Review of decisions.
- § 831.911 Oversight of coverage determinations.
- Regulations Pertaining to Noncodified Statutes
- § 831.912 Elections to be deemed a law enforcement officer for retirement purposes by certain police officers employed by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA).
- Subpart J—CSRS Offset
- § 831.1001 Purpose.
- § 831.1002 Definitions.
- § 831.1003 Deductions from pay.
- § 831.1004 Agency contributions.
- § 831.1005 Offset from nondisability annuity.
- § 831.1006 Offset from disability or survivor annuity.
- Subpart K—Prohibition on Payments of Annuities
- § 831.1101 Scope.
- § 831.1102 Definitions.
- § 831.1104 Notice.
- § 831.1105 Answer; request for hearing.
- § 831.1106 Hearing.
- § 831.1107 Powers of presiding officers.
- § 831.1108 Witnesses.
- § 831.1109 Evidence.
- § 831.1110 Initial decision.
- § 831.1111 Appeal and review.
- § 831.1112 Final decision.
- Subpart L—Disability Retirement
- § 831.1201 Introduction.
- § 831.1202 Definitions.
- § 831.1203 Basic requirements for disability retirement.
- § 831.1204 Filing disability retirement applications: General.
- § 831.1205 Agency-filed disability retirement applications.
- § 831.1206 Evidence supporting entitlement to disability benefits.
- § 831.1207 Withdrawal of disability retirement applications.
- § 831.1208 Termination of disability annuity because of recovery.
- § 831.1209 Termination of disability annuity because of restoration to earning capacity.
- § 831.1210 Annuity rights after a disability annuity terminates.
- § 831.1211 Reinstatement of disability annuity.
- § 831.1212 Administrative review of OPM decisions.
- Subpart M—Collection of Debts
- § 831.1301 Purpose.
- § 831.1302 Scope.
- § 831.1303 Definitions.
- § 831.1304 Processing.
- § 831.1305 Collection of debts.
- § 831.1306 Collection by administrative offset.
- § 831.1307 Use of consumer reporting agencies.
- § 831.1308 Referral to a collection agency.
- § 831.1309 Referral for litigation.
- Subpart N—Standards for Waiver of Overpayments
- § 831.1401 Conditions for waiver.
- § 831.1402 Fault.
- § 831.1403 Equity and good conscience.
- § 831.1404 Financial hardship.
- § 831.1405 Ordinary and necessary living expenses.
- § 831.1406 Waiver precluded.
- § 831.1407 Burdens of proof.
- Subpart O—Allotments From Civil Service Annuities
- § 831.1501 Definitions.
- § 831.1511 Authorized allottees.
- § 831.1521 Limitations.
- Subpart P—Customs and Border Protection Officers
- § 831.1601 Applicability and purpose.
- § 831.1602 Definitions.
- § 831.1603 Conditions for coverage in primary positions.
- § 831.1604 Conditions for coverage in secondary positions.
- § 831.1605 Evidence.
- § 831.1606 Requests from individuals.
- § 831.1607 Withholdings and contributions.
- § 831.1608 Mandatory separation.
- § 831.1609 Reemployment.
- § 831.1610 Review of decisions.
- § 831.1611 Oversight of coverage determinations.
- § 831.1612 Elections of Retirement Coverage, exclusions from retirement coverage, and proportional annuity computations.
- Subpart Q—Phased Retirement
- § 831.1701 Applicability and purpose.
- § 831.1702 Definitions.
- § 831.1703 Implementing directives.
- Entering Phased Retirement
- § 831.1711 Eligibility.
- § 831.1712 Working percentage and officially established hours for phased employment.
- § 831.1713 Application for phased retirement.
- § 831.1714 Effective date of phased employment and phased retirement annuity commencing date.
- § 831.1715 Effect of phased retirement.
- Returning to Regular Employment Status
- § 831.1721 Ending phased retirement status to return to regular employment status.
- § 831.1722 Effective date of end of phased retirement status to return to regular employment status.
- § 831.1723 Effect of ending phased retirement status to return to regular employment status.
- Entering Full Retirement Status
- § 831.1731 Application for full retirement status.
- § 831.1732 Commencing date of composite retirement annuity.
- Computation of Phased Retirement Annuity at Phased Retirement and Composite Retirement Annuity at Full Retirement
- § 831.1741 Computation of phased retirement annuity.
- § 831.1742 Computation of composite annuity at final retirement.
- § 831.1743 Cost-of-living adjustments.
- Opportunity of a Phased Retiree To Pay a Deposit or Redeposit for Civilian or Military Service
- § 831.1751 Deposit for civilian service for which no retirement deductions were withheld and redeposit for civilian service for which retirement deductions were refunded to the individual.
- § 831.1752 Deposit for military service.
- § 831.1753 Civilian and military service of an individual affected by an erroneous retirement coverage determination.
- Death Benefits
- § 831.1761 Death of phased retiree during phased employment.
- § 831.1762 Death of an individual who has separated from phased employment and who dies before submitting an application for a composite retirement annuity.
- § 831.1763 Lump-sum credit.
- Reemployment After Separation From Phased Retirement Status
- § 831.1771 Reemployment of an individual who has separated from phased employment and who dies before submitting an application for a composite retirement annuity.
- Mentoring
- § 831.1781 Mentoring.
- Subpart R—Agency Requests to OPM for Recovery of a Debt from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
- § 831.1801 Purpose.
- § 831.1802 Scope.
- § 831.1803 Definitions.
- § 831.1804 Conditions for requesting an offset.
- § 831.1805 Creditor agency processing for non-fraud claims.
- § 831.1806 OPM processing for non-fraud claims.
- § 831.1807 Installment withholdings.
- § 831.1808 Special processing for fraud claims.
- Subpart S—State Income Tax Withholding
- § 831.1901 Definitions.
- § 831.1902 Federal-State agreements.
- § 831.1903 OPM responsibilities.
- § 831.1904 State responsibilities.
- § 831.1905 Additional provisions.
- § 831.1906 Agreement modification and termination.
- Subpart T—Payment of Lump Sums
- § 831.2001 Definitions.
- § 831.2002 Eligibility for lump-sum payment upon filing an Application for Refund of Retirement Deductions (SF 2802).
- § 831.2003 Eligibility for lump-sum payment upon death or retirement.
- § 831.2004 Amount of lump-sums.
- § 831.2005 Designation of beneficiary for lump-sum payment.
- § 831.2006 Designation of agent by next of kin.
- § 831.2007 Notification of current and/or former spouse before payment of lump sum.
- § 831.2008 Waiver of spouse and/or former spouse notification requirement.
- § 831.2009 Lump sum payments which include contributions made to a retirement system for employees of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality.
- § 831.2010 Transfers between retirement systems.
- § 831.2011 Effect of part 772 of this chapter on CSRS lump-sum payments.
- Subpart U—Deposits for Military Service
- § 831.2101 Purpose.
- § 831.2102 Scope.
- § 831.2103 Definitions.
- § 831.2104 Eligibility to make deposit.
- § 831.2105 Filing an application to make deposit.
- § 831.2106 Processing applications for deposit for service.
- § 831.2107 Payments on deposits.
- Subpart V—Alternative Forms of Annuities
- § 831.2201 Purpose.
- § 831.2202 Definitions.
- § 831.2203 Eligibility.
- § 831.2204 Alternative forms of annuities available.
- § 831.2205 Computation of alternative form of annuity.
- § 831.2206 Election to pay deposit or redeposit for civilian service.
- § 831.2207 Partial deferred payment of the lump-sum credit if annuity commences after January 3, 1988, and before October 1, 1989.
- § 831.2208 Partial deferred payment of the lump-sum credit if annuity commences after December 2, 1989, and before October 1, 1995.
- § 831.2209 Redetermined annuity after reemployment.
- Subpart X—Peace Corps
- § 831.2401 Purpose.
- § 831.2402 Allowable service.
- § 831.2403 Deposits for service.
- § 831.2404 Additional interest due to administrative error.
- Subpart Y—Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
- § 831.2501 Purpose.
- § 831.2502 Allowable service.
- § 831.2503 Deposits for service.
- § 831.2504 Additional interest due to administrative error.