---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 841.412"
title: "5"
number: "841.412"
heading: "Rates determined by appeal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/841.412"
---

# §841.412. Rates determined by appeal.

- (a) If the Board finds that a different normal cost is warranted based on an agency appeal, it will establish a single agency rate for the category of employees in that agency.
- (b) The single agency rate will be effective at the beginning of the first pay period beginning 30 days after the date of the Board's decision.
- (c) A single agency rate may be higher or lower than the published normal cost percentage and will remain in force for not less than 3 years.
- (d) **After a single agency rate has been in force for at least 3 years, OPM may—**
  - (1) Require, no more often than annually, that the agency justify continuation of the rate; and/or
  - (2) When it publishes a notice of normal cost percentages under [§ 841.407](/cfr/5/841.407.md), terminate the single agency rate.

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 47187, Dec. 31, 1986, as amended at 82 FR 49281, 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 49281, Oct. 25, 2017]