(a) Separated employees filing applications for retirement or refunds of contributions; survivors filing applications for death benefits based on the deaths of separated employees, retirees, or survivors; and retirees making elections or seeking to change information in their retirement records must file their applications with OPM.
(b) Survivors filing applications for death benefits based on the death of an employee may file their applications with OPM.
authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461; Sec. 841.108 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 552a; Secs. 841.110 and 841.111 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 8470(a); subpart D also issued under
5 U.S.C. 8423; Sec. 841.504 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 8422; Sec. 841.507 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; subpart J also issued under
5 U.S.C. 8469; Sec. 841.506 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 7701(b)(2); Sec. 841.508 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; Sec. 841.604 also issued under Title II, Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 780; Sec. 5001 of Pub. L. 112-96 at 126 Stat. 199
cite as: 5 CFR 841.304