5 CFR 880.302
§ 880.302 Payments of CSRS or FERS benefits.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 880.302, § 880.302 Payments of CSRS or FERS benefits, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/8838
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(a) OPM will pay an amount equal to the survivor annuity that would be payable as CSRS or FERS survivor annuity to an account in a financial institution designated (under electronic funds transfer regulations in part 209 or part 210 of Title 31, Code of Federal Regulations) by an individual who, if the missing annuitant were dead, would be entitled to receive payment of a survivor annuity.
(b) If more than one individual would qualify for survivor annuity payments in the event of the missing annuitant's death, OPM will make separate payments in the same manner as if the missing annuitant were dead.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.