2014-17905. Aged Beneficiary Designation Forms

AGENCY:

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.

ACTION:

Final rule; correcting amendments.

SUMMARY:

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Agency) published in the Federal Register of July 9, 2014, a document amending its regulations to provide that a beneficiary designation form is valid only if it is received by the TSP record-keeper not more than one year after the date of the participant's signature. This document corrects the authority citation and paragraph designations provided in the July 9, 2014 publication.

DATES:

The correcting amendments are effective on July 31, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Laurissa Stokes at 202-942-1645.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Agency published a document (FR Doc. 2014-16043) in the Federal Register of July 9, 2014, (79 FR 38747), amending its regulations to provide that a beneficiary designation form is valid only if it is received by the TSP record-keeper not more than one year after the date of the participant's signature. This document simply corrects the authority citation and paragraph designations provided in FR Doc. 2014-16043.

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 1651

• Claims
• Government employees
• Pensions
• Retirement

For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Agency corrects 5 CFR chapter VI by making the following correcting amendments:

PART 1651—DEATH BENEFITS

1. The authority citation for part 1651 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8424(d), 8432d, 8432(j), 8433(e), 8435(c)(2), 8474(b)(5) and 8474(c)(1).

2. Amend § 1651.3 by:

a. Removing the word “and” at the end of paragraph (c)(7);

b. Removing the period at the end of paragraph (c)(8) and adding in its place “; and”; and

c. Adding paragraph (c)(9) to read as follows:

§ 1651.3

Designation of beneficiary.

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(c)* * *

(9) Be received by the TSP record-keeper not more than 365 calendar days after the date of the participant's most recent signature.

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Gregory T. Long,

Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.