[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR24.32]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; 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]