---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 841.401"
title: "5"
number: "841.401"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/841.401"
---

# §841.401. Purpose and scope.

- (a) The purpose of this subpart is to regulate the Government contributions to the Civil Service Retirement Fund under FERS.
- (b) **This subpart covers—**
  - (1) Factors considered in the computation of agency contributions under FERS;
  - (2) Publication of notice of the normal cost rates for each category of employees;
  - (3) Agency appeals of rate determinations;
  - (4) Methodology for determining the amount due from each agency; and
  - (5) **Requests for reconsideration of the supplemental liability.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 47187, Dec. 31, 1986, as amended at 82 FR 49280, Oct. 25, 2017]

### Source

Source: 51 FR 47187, Dec. 31, 1986, 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

[51 FR 47187, Dec. 31, 1986, as amended at 82 FR 49280, Oct. 25, 2017]