20 CFR 234.43
§ 234.43 Payment to designated beneficiaries.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 234.43, § 234.43 Payment to designated beneficiaries, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/77567
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(a) How designated beneficiaries are paid. Primary beneficiaries are paid the RLS to the exclusion of alternate beneficiaries. If a designated beneficiary dies before the date on which the RLS becomes payable, his or her share of the RLS becomes payable to any other designated beneficiaries. If an entitled designated beneficiary dies before negotiating the RLS check, that share is payable to his or her estate.
(b) Amount designated beneficiaries are paid. If the employee specified the share that each beneficiary is to receive, payment is made in the proportion specified. Otherwise, if there is more than one designated beneficiary, each is paid an equal share of the RLS.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.