5 CFR § 1651.1 - Definitions.

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title: "5 CFR § 1651.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "1651.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD"
part_number: "1651"
part_name: "DEATH BENEFITS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 8424(d), 8432d, 8432(j), 8433(e), 8435(c)(2), 8474(b)(5) and 8474(c)(1)."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 32429, June 13, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1651.1 Definitions.

(a) Definitions generally applicable to the Thrift Savings Plan are set forth at 5 CFR 1690.1.

(b) As used in this subpart:

*Administrative finding* means an evidence-based determination reached by a hearing, inquiry, investigation, or trial before an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction in any State, territory or possession of the United States.

*Death benefit* means the portion of a deceased participant's account that is payable under FERSA's order of precedence.

*Order of precedence* means the priority of entitlement to a TSP death benefit specified in 5 U.S.C. 8424(d).

*Required beginning date* means the required beginning date as defined in Internal Revenue Code section 401(a)(9) and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

*Required minimum distribution* means the amount required to be distributed to a beneficiary participant beginning on the required beginning date and every year thereafter pursuant to Internal Revenue Code section 401(a)(9) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as applicable.

[68 FR 35509, June 13, 2003, as amended at 74 FR 63062, Dec. 2, 2009; 78 FR 57784, Sept. 20, 2013; 84 FR 46423, Sept. 4, 2019; 85 FR 40571, July 7, 2020; 87 FR 31685, May 24, 2022]