[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR24.32]

[Page 369]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 24--CUSTOMS FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 24.32  Claims; unpaid compensation of deceased employees and death benefits.

    (a) A claim made by a designated beneficiary or a surviving spouse 
for unpaid compensation due an officer or employee at the time of his 
death shall be executed on standard Form 1153, Claim of Designated 
Beneficiary and/or Surviving Spouse for Unpaid Compensation of Deceased 
Civilian Employee. A claim made by anyone other than a designated 
beneficiary or surviving spouse for unpaid compensation due an officer 
or employee at the time of his death shall be executed on standard Form 
1155, Claim for Unpaid Compensation of Deceased Civilian Employee. The 
claims shall be forwarded to the Customs office where the deceased was 
employed.
    (b) Claims for death benefits, either in the form of an annuity or 
lump-sum payment of the amount to the credit of the deceased officer or 
employee in the Retirement and Disability Fund shall be executed on 
standard Form 100, Application for Death Benefit, and forwarded together 
with a certified copy of the public record of death directly to the 
Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC 20415.

[28 FR 14808, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 91-77, 56 FR 46114, 
Sept. 10, 1991]