---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 841.102"
title: "5"
number: "841.102"
heading: "Regulatory structure for the Federal Employees Retirement System."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/841.102"
---

# §841.102. Regulatory structure for the Federal Employees Retirement System.

- (a) **This part contains the following subparts—**
  - (1) General provisions ([subpart A](/cfr/5/subpartA.md));
  - (2) Applications for benefits ([subpart B](/cfr/5/subpartB.md));
  - (3) Claims processing ([subpart C](/cfr/5/subpartC.md));
  - (4) Government costs ([subpart D](/cfr/5/subpartD.md));
  - (5) Employee deductions and Government contributions ([subpart E](/cfr/5/subpartE.md));
  - (6) Computing interest ([subpart F](/cfr/5/subpartF.md));
  - (7) Cost-of-Living Adjustments ([subpart G](/cfr/5/subpartG.md));
  - (8) Waiver, allotment, or assignment of benefits ([subpart H](/cfr/5/subpartH.md));
  - (9) Court orders affecting benefits ([subpart I](/cfr/5/subpartI.md)); and
  - (10) **State income tax withholding (subpart J).**
- (b)
  - (1) [Part 842](/cfr/5/part842.md) of this chapter contains information about basic annuity rights of employees and Members under FERS.
  - (2) **Part 843 of this chapter contains information about death benefits and employee refunds under FERS.**
  - (3) **Part 844 of this chapter contains information about disability retirement benefits under FERS.**
  - (4) **Part 845 of this chapter contains information about debt collection.**
  - (5) [Part 846](/cfr/5/part846.md) of this chapter contains information about election rights available to employees who are eligible to join FERS.
  - (6) **Part 848 of this chapter contains information about phased retirement under FERS.**
- (c)
  - (1) **Part 831 of this chapter contains information about the Civil Service Retirement System.**
  - (2) **Part 835 of this chapter contains information about debt collection from FERS benefits.**
  - (3) **Part 837 of this chapter contains information about reemployment of FERS annuitants.**
  - (4) **Part 838 of this chapter contains information about court orders affecting FERS benefits.**
  - (5) [Part 847](/cfr/5/part847.md) of this chapter contains information about elections under the Civil Service Retirement System or FERS relating to periods of service with a nonappropriated fund instrumentality under the jurisdiction of the armed forces.
  - (6) **Part 850 of this chapter contains information about CSRS and FERS electronic retirement processing.**
  - (7) Parts [294](/cfr/5/part294.md) and [297](/cfr/5/part297.md) of this chapter and §§ [831.106](/cfr/5/831.106.md) and [841.108](/cfr/5/841.108.md) of this chapter contain information about disclosure of information from OPM records.
  - (8) [Part 581](/cfr/5/part581.md) of this chapter contains information about garnishment of Government payments including salary and CSRS and FERS retirement benefits.
  - (9) Parts [870](/cfr/5/part870.md), [871](/cfr/5/part871.md), 872, and 873 of this chapter contain information about the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program.
  - (10) [Part 890](/cfr/5/part890.md) of this chapter contains information about coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
  - (11) Chapter II (parts [1200](/cfr/5/part1200.md) through [1299](/cfr/5/part1299.md)) of this title contains information about appeals to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
  - (12) Chapter VI (parts [1600](/cfr/5/part1600.md) through [1699](/cfr/5/part1699.md)) of this title contains information about the Federal Employees Thrift Savings Plan.

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 19242, May 21, 1987, as amended at 55 FR 14229, Apr. 17, 1990; 61 FR 41720, Aug. 9, 1996; 79 FR 46631, Aug. 8, 2014]

### Source

Source: 52 FR 19242, May 21, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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.

### Amendments

[52 FR 19242, May 21, 1987, as amended at 55 FR 14229, Apr. 17, 1990; 61 FR 41720, Aug. 9, 1996; 79 FR 46631, Aug. 8, 2014]