5 CFR § 891.402 - Withholdings.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s891.402"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 891.402 - Withholdings."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "891.402"
section_name: "Withholdings."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "891"
part_name: "RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "80 Stat. 607; 5 U.S.C. 8913."
regulatory_source: "33 FR 12516, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "891"
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# 891.402 Withholdings.

The appropriate retirement office shall withhold from the annuity or compensation of each of its retired employees who has elected to subscribe to the uniform plan so much as is necessary to pay his share of the cost of his subscription. The withholdings shall be forwarded, in accordance with OPM instructions, to the Retired Employees Health Benefits Fund.