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United States Code U.S. Code: Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES Statutes at Large
Title 5 published on 12-May-2018 03:22
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 5 CFR Part 870 after this date.
2016-10-21; vol. 81 # 204 - Friday, October 21, 2016 81 FR 72685 - Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Excepted Service and Pathways Programs
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Final rule. This rule is effective on October 21, 2016. 5 CFR Parts 870 Summary This action amends the rule to reflect that excepted service employees hired under the internship program known as the Pathways Programs may elect to enroll in Federal Employee's Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), if applicable Federal requirements are met. This action is necessary due to the omission of technical changes to OPMs final rule, Excepted Service, Career and Career-Conditional Employment, and Pathways Programs, issued on May 11, 2012, which concerns the excepted service internship programs. The effect of this action is to remove a barrier to recruiting students and recent graduates to help the Federal Government better compete with all employers when it comes to hiring qualified applicants for entry-level positions.
2016-09-01; vol. 81 # 170 - Thursday, September 1, 2016 81 FR 60235 - Special Rights for Transferred Employees Under the Dodd-Frank Act Regarding Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Final rulemaking. Effective September 1, 2016. 5 CFR Part 870 Summary The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a Final Rulemaking to implement provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act). The Act includes authorization for certain transferred employees to have a special enrollment opportunity and special rights regarding Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) to ensure their continuity of benefits coverage.
2016-06-29; vol. 81 # 125 - Wednesday, June 29, 2016 81 FR 42225 - Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Options B and C; Correction
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Final rule; correction. Effective June 29, 2016. 5 CFR Part 870 Summary The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a document in the Federal Register on May 5, 2016 (81 FR 26997) to amend the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) regulation to provide a second reduction election opportunity for annuitants and compensationers enrolled in FEGLI Option B and Option C. This document makes a minor correction to that rule.
2016-05-05; vol. 81 # 87 - Thursday, May 5, 2016 81 FR 26997 - Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Options B and C
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Final rule. Effective May 5, 2016. 5 CFR Part 870 Summary The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to amend the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) regulation to provide a second reduction election opportunity for annuitants and compensationers enrolled in FEGLI Option B and Option C. This new procedure replaces the procedure by which FEGLI enrollees elect the allowable multiples of coverage they wish to continue during retirement or while receiving compensation.
2016-04-27; vol. 81 # 81 - Wednesday, April 27, 2016 81 FR 24693 - Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Court Orders Prior to July 22, 1998
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Final rule. This rule is effective April 27, 2016. 5 CFR Part 870 Summary The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing this final regulation to adopt as final the interim final regulation published on December 4, 2012. The regulation implements section 8705 of title 5, United States Code regarding the effect of any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation, or any court-approved property settlement agreement incident to any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation (hereinafter “court order”) where the court order expressly provides that an individual receive Federal Employee's Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) benefits. The regulations will allow court orders submitted to the appropriate Federal agency before July 22, 1998 to be effective for providing FEGLI benefits if the court order was received in the appropriate office before the insured Federal employee's or annuitant's death. This revision does not affect the current statutory limitation that court orders apply only when FEGLI benefits are based on insured individuals who died on or after July 22, 1998.
2016-03-08; vol. 81 # 45 - Tuesday, March 8, 2016 81 FR 12032 - Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Filing Deadlines for Court Review of Administrative Final Decisions; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Withdrawal of proposed rule. The proposed rule published on January 12, 2016 at 81 FR 1336 is withdrawn effective March 8, 2016. 5 CFR Part 870 Summary The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a proposed rule on January 12, 2016 to amend the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program regulations to establish a timeframe for filing civil actions or claims against the United States based on 5 U.S.C. chapter 870 (Life Insurance). OPM is withdrawing the proposed rule to undertake further analysis of the subject matter referenced in the proposed rule.
2016-01-12; vol. 81 # 7 - Tuesday, January 12, 2016 81 FR 1336 - Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Filing Deadlines for Court Review of Administrative Final Decisions
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Proposed rule. Comments are due on or before March 14, 2016. 5 CFR Part 870 Summary The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to amend the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program regulation to establish a timeframe for filing civil actions or claims against the United States based on 5 U.S.C. Chapter 870 (Life Insurance).
2015-11-10; vol. 80 # 217 - Tuesday, November 10, 2015 80 FR 69623 - Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Providing Option C Coverage for Children of Same-Sex Domestic Partners; Withdrawal
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Notice of proposed rulemaking; withdrawal. The proposed rule, published on October 15, 2014, in the Federal Register (79 FR 61788 -61790), is withdrawn as of November 10, 2015. 5 CFR Part 870 Summary The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hereby withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) regulations to allow children of same-sex domestic partners living in states that do not allow same-sex couples to marry to be covered as family members under an eligible individual's FEGLI Option C enrollment.
2015-09-25; vol. 80 # 186 - Friday, September 25, 2015 80 FR 58094 - Overtime Pay for Border Patrol Agents
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Final rule. Effective date: This rule is effective October 15, 2015. Applicability dates: This rule is applicable beginning on January 10, 2016, except that §§ 550.1602-550.1605 and 550.1611-550.1615 are applicable on the effective date of this rule, as provided by section 2(i) of Public Law 113-277, as amended. 5 CFR Parts 410, 550, 551, and 870 Summary The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations to implement section 2 of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014, as amended, which established a new method of compensating Border Patrol agents for overtime work. Payments under this new provision will become payable beginning with the first pay period beginning in January 2016. These regulations affect only Border Patrol agents in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection component of the Department of Homeland Security.
2015-06-17; vol. 80 # 116 - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 80 FR 34540 - Overtime Pay for Border Patrol Agents
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Proposed rule with request for comments. Comments must be received on or before July 17, 2015. 5 CFR PARTS 410, 550, 551, and 870 Summary The Office of Personnel Management is issuing proposed regulations to implement section 2 of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014, as amended, which established a new method of compensating Border Patrol agents for overtime work. Payments under this new provision will become payable beginning with the first pay period beginning in January 2016. These regulations affect only Border Patrol agents in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection component of the Department of Homeland Security.
2014-10-15; vol. 79 # 199 - Wednesday, October 15, 2014 79 FR 61788 - Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Providing Option C Coverage for Children of Same-Sex Domestic Partners
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Proposed rule. Comments are due on or before December 15, 2014. 5 CFR Part 870 Summary The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to amend the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) regulations to allow children of same-sex domestic partners living in states that do not allow same-sex couples to marry to be covered as family members under an eligible individual's FEGLI Option C enrollment. This rule expands the circumstances under which an employee experiencing a change in family circumstances may include eligible children of a same-sex domestic partner.
2014-08-08; vol. 79 # 153 - Friday, August 8, 2014 79 FR 46608 - Phased Retirement
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Final rule. Effective November 6, 2014. 5 CFR Parts 581, 582, 831, 838, 841, 842, 843, 848, 870, and 890 Summary The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is adopting its proposed phased retirement regulations with four minor changes. Phased retirement is a human resources tool that will allow full-time employees to work a part-time schedule and draw partial retirement benefits during employment. The “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act,” or “MAP-21,” requires OPM to publish regulations implementing phased retirement under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS). The final rule informs agencies and employees about who may elect phased retirement, what benefits are provided during phased retirement, how OPM intends to compute the annuity payable during and after phased retirement, and how employees may fully retire after a period of phased retirement. The final rule does not address every administrative detail of the phased retirement process. OPM will be issuing separate guidance to assist agencies and employees with administrative and procedural matters that do not need to be addressed in this rule. Employees may not enter phased retirement or submit applications for phased retirement to OPM until 90 days after publication of this final rule.
2014-01-06; vol. 79 # 3 - Monday, January 6, 2014 79 FR 530 - Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Election Opportunities for Pathways Participants
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Interim Final Rule with request for comments. This interim final rule is effective February 5, 2014. Comments are due on or before March 7, 2014. 5 CFR Part 870 Summary The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing an interim final regulation to update the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) regulations to reflect updated election opportunities for participants in the Pathways Programs, which were designed to promote employment for students and recent graduates in the Federal workforce through internships with Federal agencies.
79 FR 613 - Special Rights for Transferred Employees Under the Dodd-Frank Act Regarding Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Notice of proposed rulemaking. Comments are due on or before March 7, 2014. 5 CFR Part 870 Summary The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to implement provisions of Public Law 111-203, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Public Law 111-203 includes authorization for certain transferred employees to have a special enrollment opportunity and special rights regarding Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) to ensure their continuity of benefits coverage.
2013-12-23; vol. 78 # 246 - Monday, December 23, 2013 78 FR 77365 - Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Options B and C
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Proposed rule. Comments are due on or before February 21, 2014. 5 CFR Part 870 Summary The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing to amend the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) regulations to provide an election opportunity for employees enrolled in FEGLI Option B and Option C. This new procedure replaces the procedure by which FEGLI enrollees elect the allowable multiples of coverage they wish to continue during retirement or while receiving compensation.
2013-06-05; vol. 78 # 108 - Wednesday, June 5, 2013 78 FR 33912 - Phased Retirement
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Proposed rule. We must receive your comments by August 5, 2013. 5 CFR Parts 581, 582, 831, 838, 841, 842, 843, 848, 870 and 890 Summary The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing to implement phased retirement, a new human resources tool that allows full-time employees to work a part-time schedule while beginning to draw retirement benefits. Section 100121 of the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act,” or “MAP-21,” authorizes phased retirement under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees' Retirement System and requires OPM to publish regulations implementing phased retirement. The purpose of phased retirement is to allow the Federal Government to continue to benefit from the services of experienced employees who might otherwise choose to retire. These proposed regulations inform agencies and employees about who may elect phased retirement, what benefits are provided in phased retirement, how an annuity is computed during and after phased retirement, and how employees fully retire from phased retirement.
2012-12-04; vol. 77 # 233 - Tuesday, December 4, 2012 77 FR 71687 - Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Court Orders Prior to July 22, 1998
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Interim final rule. This rule is effective December 4, 2012. 5 CFR Part 870 Summary The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing an interim regulation to amend regulations regarding the effect of any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation, or any court-approved property settlement agreement incident to any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation (hereinafter “court order”) where the court order expressly provides that an individual receive Federal Employee's Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) benefits. The interim regulations will allow court orders submitted to the appropriate Federal agency before July 22, 1998 to be effective for providing FEGLI benefits if the court order was received in the appropriate office before the insured Federal employee's or annuitant's death. This revision does not affect the current statutory limitation that court orders apply only when FEGLI benefits are based on insured individuals who died after July 22, 1998.
