---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 880.101"
title: "5"
number: "880.101"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/880.101"
---

# §880.101. Purpose and scope.

- (a) The purpose of this part is to establish a uniform standard that OPM will use in its administration of benefits for CSRS, FERS, FEHBP and FEGLI in cases in which an annuitant becomes a missing annuitant.
- (b) This part establishes the procedures that OPM will follow to—
  - (1) **Determine—**
    - (i) Who is a missing annuitant,
    - (ii) When a missing annuitant has died,
    - (iii) When benefits will be paid in missing annuitant cases, and
    - (iv) FEHBP coverage for family members of a missing annuitant; and
  - (2) Make adjustments to CSRS and FERS benefit payments, FEHBP coverage and premiums, and FEGLI benefit payments and premiums after a determination that a missing annuitant is dead.
- (c) This part applies only to situations in which an individual who satisfies the statutory definition of an annuitant under [section 8331(9)](/cfr/5/8331.md?p=9) or [section 8401(2)](/usc/5/8401.md?p=2) of title 5, United States Code, disappears and has not been determined to be dead by an authorized institution. This part does not apply to—
  - (1) An employee, regardless of whether the absence is covered by subchapter VII of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code; or
  - (2) **A separated employee who either—**
    - (i) Does not meet the age and service requirements for an annuity, or
    - (ii) **Has not filed an application for annuity.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8347(a), 8461(g), 8716, 8913.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 10291, Mar. 3, 1998, unless otherwise noted.