---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 29.401"
title: "31"
number: "29.401"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/29.401"
---

# §29.401. Purpose.

- (a) **This subpart explains—**
  - (1) The procedures that participants and beneficiaries in the Judges Plan, Police and Firefighters Plan, and the Teachers Plan must follow in applying for Federal Benefit Payments;
  - (2) The procedures for determining an individual's eligibility for a Federal Benefit Payment and the amount and form of an individual's Federal Benefit Payment as required by sections [11021](/cfr/31/11021.md) and [11251(a)](/cfr/31/11251.md?p=a) (codified at DC Official Code [section 11-1570(c)(2)(a)](/cfr/31/11-1570.md?p=c-2-a)) of the Act;
  - (3) The appeal rights available under section 11022(a) of the Act and [section 3](/cfr/31/3.md) of the 2004 Act (codified at DC Official Code [section 11-1570(c)(3)](/cfr/31/11-1570.md?p=c-3)) to claimants whose claim for Federal Benefit Payments is denied in whole or in part; and
  - (4) **The special rules for processing competing claimant cases.**
- (b) **This subpart does not apply to processing collection of debts due to the United States.**
- (c) **This part does not apply to claims and appeals filed before October 1, 1997.** Such claims must be pursued with the District of Columbia.

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 80753, Dec. 22, 2000, as amended at 70 FR 60005, Oct. 14, 2005]

### Source

Source: 65 FR 80753, Dec. 22, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Subtitle A and Chapter 3 of Subtitle H, of Pub. L. 105-33, 111 Stat. 712-731 and 786-787; as amended.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 77501, Dec. 12, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 80753, Dec. 22, 2000, as amended at 70 FR 60005, Oct. 14, 2005]