5 CFR § 843.401 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s843.401"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 843.401 - Purpose."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "843.401"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "843"
part_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—DEATH BENEFITS AND EMPLOYEE REFUNDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8461; 843.205, 843.208, and 843.209 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8424; 843.309 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8442; 843.406 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8441."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 2074, Jan. 16, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "843"
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# 843.401 Purpose.

This subpart explains the survivor benefits payable under FERS to children based on the deaths of employees and retirees.