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                                                   VOL. 59, NO. 143

                                           Wednesday, July 27, 1994

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Parts 831, 838, 841, 842, and 890

RIN 3206-AG13

 

Federal Employees Retirement System--General Administration; 
Government Costs

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is updating the table 
of normal cost percentages that Federal agencies pay to finance the 
Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). This regulation is 
necessary for the table to reflect the changes in the rates that are 
effective in October 1994.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 26, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Harold L. Siegelman, (202) 606-0299.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 21, 1993, OPM published in the 
Federal Register a notice changing the normal cost percentages 
effective in October 1994. Subpart D of Part 841 of Title 5, Code of 
Federal Regulations, contains the methodology that OPM uses to 
determine the rates that agencies must pay to fund the cost of the 
Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the procedures that OPM 
must follow to change the rates. Under those procedures, OPM must 
publish a notice of changes in the rates at least 3 months before the 
beginning of the fiscal year in which the new rates become effective.
    Appendix A to Subpart D of Part 841 contains a table of the normal 
cost percentages. This table has no regulatory effect. It merely 
provides information about the rates. This final rule amends that table 
to reflect the rates that will become effective in October 1994.
    Under section 553(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code, I find 
that good cause exists for waiving the general notice of proposed 
rulemaking. Notice of proposed rulemaking is unnecessary because this 
final rule merely provides information and has no regulatory effect.

Correction of Prior Notice of Final Rulemaking

    On March 16, 1994, OPM published (59 FR 12143) a final rule 
concerning payment of survivor deposits by actuarial reduction. (FR 
Doc. 94-6046) This document adopted OPM's interim rule on that subject 
as final rules. In two places, reference to the page number for the 
interim rule was stated incorrectly. In both places, the incorrect 
reference to 58 FR 56877 is corrected to 58 FR 52877.

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 
only provides information about the rate of payment by Federal agencies 
to OPM for the normal cost of their employees' FERS benefits.

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 841

    Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Disability benefits, 
Firefighters, Government employees, Income taxes, Intergovernmental 
relations, Law enforcement officers, Pensions, Retirement.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Lorraine A. Green,
Deputy Director.

    Accordingly, OPM is amending Part 841 of Title 5, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as follows.

PART 841--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM--GENERAL 
ADMINISTRATION

    1. The authority citation for Part 841 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461; Sec. 841.108 also issued under 5 
U.S.C. 552a; subpart D also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8423,; 
Sec. 841.504 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8422; Sec. 841.506 also 
issued under 5 U.S.C. 7701(b)(2); Sec. 841.507 also issued under 
section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; Sec. 841.508 also issued under 
section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; subpart J also issued under 5 U.S.C. 
8469.

Subpart D--Government Costs

    2. Appendix A to Subpart D of Part 841 is revised to read as 
follows:

                     Appendix A to Subpart D of Part 841.--Table of Normal Cost Percentages                     
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                                                     Government-wide normal cost percentages effective at the   
                                                    beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after--  
              Category of employees              ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    January 1,      October 1,      October 1,      October 1,  
                                                       1987            1987            1991            1994     
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Members.........................................            23.5            20.9            20.8            19.1
Congressional employees.........................            23.8            20.2            20.1            18.2
Law enforcement officers, firefighters, and                                                                     
 employees under section 302 of the Central                                                                     
 Intelligence Agency Act of 1964 for Certain                                                                    
 Employees......................................            31.2            26.7            28.6            25.6
Air traffic controllers.........................            33.3            28.4            26.2            23.2
Military reserve technicians....................            16.0            13.7            13.3            12.1
Employees under section 303 of the Central                                                                      
 Intelligence Agency Act of 1964 for Certain                                                                    
 Employees when serving abroad..................            22.8            19.0            19.1            17.1
All other employees.............................            16.1            13.8            13.7            12.2
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All normal cost percentages in the above table include employee contributions.                                  

[FR Doc. 94-18263 Filed 7-26-94; 8:45 am]
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