---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 841.701"
title: "5"
number: "841.701"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/841.701"
---

# §841.701. Purpose and scope.

- (a) The purpose of this subpart is to regulate computation of cost-of-living adjustments (COLA's) for basic benefits under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).
- (b) **This subpart provides the methodology for—**
  - (1) Computing COLA's on each type of FERS basic benefit subject to COLA's; and
  - (2) Computing COLA's on annuities partially computed under FERS and partially computed under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS).
- (c) COLA's on children's annuities are not covered by this subpart because COLA's on children's annuities are computed under CSRS rules.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 55 FR 14229, Apr. 17, 1990, 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.