80 FR 18159 - Federal Employees' Retirement System; Present Value Conversion Factors for Spouses of Deceased Separated Employees
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 64 (April 3, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 64 (April 3, 2015)
| Page Range | 18159-18160 | |
| FR Document | 2015-07747 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 2015)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 18159-18160] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-07747] ======================================================================== Proposed Rules Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 64 / Friday, April 3, 2015 / Proposed Rules [[Page 18159]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 843 RIN 3206-AN16 Federal Employees' Retirement System; Present Value Conversion Factors for Spouses of Deceased Separated Employees AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Proposed rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to revise the table of reduction factors for early commencing dates of survivor annuities for spouses of separated employees who die before the date on which they would be eligible for unreduced deferred annuities. This rule is necessary to ensure that the tables conform to demographic assumptions adopted by the Board of Actuaries and published in the Federal Register on March 20, 2015, as required by 5 U.S.C. 8461(i). DATES: We must receive your comments by June 2, 2015. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and/or RIN number RIN 3206-AN16 by any of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Email: combox@opm.gov. Include RIN number 3206-AN16 in the subject line of the message. Mail: Jim Giuseppe, Retirement Policy, Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E. Street NW., Washington, DC 20415-3200. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roxann Johnson, (202) 606-0299. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 20, 2015, OPM published a notice in the Federal Register to revise the normal cost percentages under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) Act of 1986, Public Law 99- 335, 100 Stat. 514, as amended, based on demographic factors adopted by the Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement System. 80 FR 15,036 (March 20, 2015). By statute under 5 U.S.C. 8461(i), the demographic factors require corresponding changes in factors used to produce actuarially equivalent benefits when required by the FERS Act. Section 843.311 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, regulates the benefits for the survivors of separated employees under 5 U.S.C. 8442(c). This section provides a choice of benefits for eligible current and former spouses. If the current or former spouse is the person entitled to the unexpended balance under the order of precedence at 5 U.S.C. 8424, he or she may elect to receive the unexpended balance instead of an annuity. Alternatively, an eligible current or former spouse may elect to receive an annuity commencing on the day after the employee's death or on the deceased separated employee's 62nd birthday. If the annuity commences on the deceased separated employee's 62nd birthday, the annuity will equal 50 percent of the annuity that the separated employee would have received had he or she attained age 62. If the current or former spouse elects the earlier commencing date, the annuity is reduced using the factors in Appendix A to subpart C of part 843 to make the annuity actuarially equivalent to the present value of the annuity that the spouse or former spouse would have received if the annuity had commenced on the retiree's 62nd birthday. These rules amend that appendix to conform to the revised demographic assumptions. Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Review This rule has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, as amended by E.O. 13258 and E.O. 13422. Regulatory Flexibility Act I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because the regulation will only affect retirement payments to surviving current and former spouses of former employees and Members who separated from Federal service with title to a deferred annuity. List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 843 Air traffic controllers, Disability benefits, Firefighters, Government employees, Law enforcement officers, Pensions, Retirement. U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Katherine Archuleta, Director. For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Office of Personnel Management proposes to amend 5 CFR part 843 as follows: PART 843--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM--DEATH BENEFITS AND EMPLOYEE REFUNDS 0 1. The authority citation for part 843 continues to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461; Sec. Sec. 843.205, 843.208, and 843.209 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8424; Sec. 843.309 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8442; Sec. 843.406 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8441. Subpart C--Current and Former Spouse Benefits 0 2. Revise Appendix A to subpart C of part 843 to read as follows: Appendix A to Supart C of Part 843--Present Value Conversion Factors for Earlier Comencing Date of Annuities of Current and Former Spouses of Diseased Separated Employees With at least 10 but less than 20 years of creditable service-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Age of separated employee at birthday before death Multiplier ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26...................................................... .0726 27...................................................... .0792 28...................................................... .0859 29...................................................... .0930 30...................................................... .1002 31...................................................... .1081 32...................................................... .1165 33...................................................... .1252 34...................................................... .1343 35...................................................... .1443 36...................................................... .1550 37...................................................... .1664 38...................................................... .1786 39...................................................... .1914 40...................................................... .2053 41...................................................... .2200 42...................................................... .2358 43...................................................... .2528 44...................................................... .2710 45...................................................... .2905 46...................................................... .3114 47...................................................... .3337 48...................................................... .3580 [[Page 18160]] 49...................................................... .3839 50...................................................... .4118 51...................................................... .4419 52...................................................... .4745 53...................................................... .5097 54...................................................... .5477 55...................................................... .5889 56...................................................... .6336 57...................................................... .6822 58...................................................... .7350 59...................................................... .7926 60...................................................... .8556 61...................................................... .9244 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ With at least 20, but less than 30 years of creditable service-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Age of separated employee at birthday before death Multiplier ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 36...................................................... .1810 37...................................................... .1943 38...................................................... .2086 39...................................................... .2236 40...................................................... .2398 41...................................................... .2570 42...................................................... .2754 43...................................................... .2953 44...................................................... .3166 45...................................................... .3394 46...................................................... .3638 47...................................................... .3899 48...................................................... .4182 49...................................................... .4485 50...................................................... .4812 51...................................................... .5164 52...................................................... .5545 53...................................................... .5955 54...................................................... .6400 55...................................................... .6881 56...................................................... .7404 57...................................................... .7972 58...................................................... .8590 59...................................................... .9264 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ With at least 30 years of creditable service-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Multiplier by separated employee's year of birth Age of separated employee at birthday before ----------------------- death From 1950 After 1966 through 1966 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 46.............................................. .4561 .4910 47.............................................. .4889 .5264 48.............................................. .5244 .5646 49.............................................. .5624 .6055 50.............................................. .6035 .6497 51.............................................. .6476 .6973 52.............................................. .6954 .7487 53.............................................. .7469 .8042 54.............................................. .8027 .8643 55.............................................. .8631 .9294 56.............................................. .9287 1.0000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [FR Doc. 2015-07747 Filed 4-2-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6325-38-P
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Age of separated employee OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS A. Substantive Discussion
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at birthday before death
5 CFR Part 2600, 2601, 2604 The rule proposes revisions to
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RIN 3209–AA40, 3209–AA41, 3209–AA39
51 .......................................... .4419 2604. In addition, the proposed
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Implementation of Statutory Gift out-of-date information regarding OGE’s
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Acceptance Authority; Freedom of organizational structure and instead
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Information Act
current information. Likewise, the
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The primary purpose of the proposed
The U.S. Office of
SUMMARY: revisions to 5 CFR part 2604 is to reflect
With at least 20, but less than 30 years of Government Ethics is updating and changes to the FOIA under the
creditable service— streamlining its organization and Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our
functions regulation and its statutory National (OPEN) Government Act of
Age of separated employee gift acceptance authority 2007, Public Law 110–175, and to
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at birthday before death implementation. OGE is also updating incorporate principles established by
and streamlining its Freedom of the 2009 FOIA memorandum. OGE is
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39 .......................................... .2236 the FOIA. Finally, the proposed the President’s directive. Except as
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revisions make administrative changes noted below, the proposed revisions
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and update cost figures for calculating reflect OGE’s existing policies and
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and charging fees. practices.
44 .......................................... .3166 DATES: Written comments are invited The following is a subpart-by-subpart
45 .......................................... .3394 and must be received on or before June analysis of the proposed changes to 5
46 .......................................... .3638 2, 2015. CFR part 2604:
47 .......................................... .3899 ADDRESSES: You may submit written Subpart A—General Provisions. The
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comments to OGE on the proposed rule
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by any of the following methods:
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‘‘representative of the news media’’ has
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• Fax: (202) 482–9237. Government Act. Section 2604.104 has
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been added to inform FOIA requesters
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about OGE’s obligations regarding the
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59 .......................................... .9264 Washington, DC 20005–3917, Attention: 2604.105 has been added to clarify that
OGE’s FOIA regulation does not create
Jennifer Matis, Assistant Counsel.
With at least 30 years of creditable an entitlement to additional rights or
Instructions: All submissions must services beyond those conferred by the
service—
include OGE’s agency name and the FOIA.
appropriate Regulation Identifier
Multiplier by separated
Number. Use RIN 3209–AA40 to submit Subpart B—FOIA Public Reading
employee’s year of Room Facility and Web site; Index
Age of separated comments on the proposed changes to 5
birth
employee at
CFR part 2600; RIN 3209–AA41 to Indentifying Information for the Public.
birthday Section 2604.201(a)(2) was revised to
From 1950 submit comments on the proposed
before death After 1966 through
changes to 5 CFR part 2600; and RIN reflect OGE’s existing practice of
1966 proactively identifying and posting on
3209–AA39 to submit comments on the
its Web site records of interest to the
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public, in accordance with the
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principles set forth by the 2009 FOIA
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was revised to parallel the language of
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Jennifer Matis, Assistant Counsel, 202– of materials available under 5 U.S.C.
[FR Doc. 2015–07747 Filed 4–2–15; 8:45 am] 482–9216. 552(a)(2). However, OGE will consider
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| Dates | We must receive your comments by June 2, 2015. | |
| Contact | Roxann Johnson, (202) 606-0299. | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 18159 | |
| RIN Number | 3206-AN16 | |
| CFR Associated | Air Traffic Controllers; Disability Benefits; Firefighters; Government Employees; Law Enforcement Officers; Pensions and Retirement |
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