---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 841.301"
title: "5"
number: "841.301"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/841.301"
---

# §841.301. Purpose.

- (a) **This subpart explains—**
  - (1) **The procedures that employees.** separated employees, retirees, and survivors must follow in applying for benefits under FERS;
  - (2) The procedures that OPM will generally follow in determining eligibility for benefits under FERS;
  - (3) The appeal rights available to claimants adversely affected by OPM decisions under FERS; and
  - (4) **The special rules for processing competing claimant cases under FERS.**
- (b) **This subpart does not apply to processing—**
  - (1) Forfeiture of annuity for conviction of certain criminal offenses relating to national security under subchapter II of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code (processed under [subpart K of part 831](/cfr/5/part831-subpartK.md) of this chapter);
  - (2) Court orders affecting FERS benefits (processed under [subpart I](/cfr/5/subpartI.md) of this part); or
  - (3) **Collection of debts due to the United States (processed under part 845 of this chapter).**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 52 FR 19244, 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.