5 CFR § 880.301 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s880.301"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 880.301 - Purpose."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "880.301"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "880"
part_name: "RETIREMENT AND INSURANCE BENEFITS DURING PERIODS OF UNEXPLAINED ABSENCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8347(a), 8461(g), 8716, 8913."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 10291, Mar. 3, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "880"
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# 880.301 Purpose.

This subpart establishes OPM's policy concerning the availability and amount of CSRS and FERS annuity payments and the continuation of FEHBP and FEGLI coverage and premiums while an annuitant is classified as a missing annuitant.