{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-841.702","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 841.702","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this subpart—\nAnnuity supplement means the benefit under subpart E of part 842 of this chapter. An annuity supplement is only payable to retirees.\nBasic annuity means the benefits computed under subpart D of part 842 of this chapter and payable to retirees.\nBasic employee death benefit means the basic employee death benefit as defined in § 843.102 of this chapter.\nBeneficiary of insurable interest annuity means a person receiving a recurring benefit under FERS that is payable (after the employee's, Members, or retiree's death) to a person designated to receive such an annuity under § 842.605 of this chapter.\nCOLA means a cost-of-living adjustment.\nCombined CSRS/FERS annuity means the recurring benefit with a CSRS component and a FERS component. A “combined CSRS/FERS annuity” is only payable to a retiree who as an employee elected to transfer to FERS under part 846 of this chapter, who at the time of transfer had at least 5 years of service creditable under CSRS (excluding service that was subject to both social security and partial CSRS deductions), and who was covered by FERS for at least 1 month.\nCSRS means the Civil Service Retirement System as described in subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code.\nCSRS component means the portion of a combined CSRS/FERS annuity that is computed under CSRS rules.\nCurrent spouse annuity means a current spouse annuity as defined in § 842.602 of this chapter.\nDisability retiree means a retiree who retired under part 844 of this chapter.\nEffective date means the date annuities increased by a COLA begin to accrue at the higher rate.\nFERS means the Federal Employees Retirement System as defined in chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code.\nFERS component means the portion of a combined CSRS/FERS annuity computed under FERS rules.\nFormer spouse annuity means a former spouse annuity as defined in § 842.602 of this chapter.\nInitial monthly rate means the monthly annuity rate that a retiree (other than a disability retiree) is entitled to receive at the time of retirement (as defined in § 842.602 of this chapter).\nPercentage change means the percent change in the price index as defined in section 8462(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code.\nRetiree means a retiree as defined in § 842.602 of this chapter.\nSurvivor means a person receiving a current spouse annuity or a former spouse annuity, or the beneficiary of an insurable interest annuity. As used in this subpart, “survivor” does not include a child annuitant.\nSurvivor supplement means the recurring benefit payable to a survivor under § 843.308 of this chapter.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 841—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION","Subpart G—Cost-of-Living Adjustments"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"04906ac672d2f81481aa3e7ea57dfd75fe5201b7c6a96ba51c3789904a48a025","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-841.701","next":"us/5-cfr-841.703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}