[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1604.8]

[Page 197]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD
 
PART 1604_UNIFORMED SERVICES ACCOUNTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1604.8  Death benefits.

    The account balance of a deceased service member will be paid as 
described at 5 CFR part 1651, with the following exceptions:
    (a) Separate accounts. To designate a beneficiary for a TSP death 
benefit, a service member must file a valid beneficiary designation 
form. If the TSP maintains a service member account and a civilian 
account for an individual, a separate beneficiary designation form must 
be filed for each account.
    (b) Combat zone contributions. If a service member account contains 
combat zone contributions, the death benefit payment will be made pro 
rata from all sources.
    (c) Trustee-to-trustee transfers. The surviving spouse of a TSP 
participant can request the TSP to transfer a death benefit payment to a 
traditional IRA or eligible employer plan. The share of the death 
benefit payment that is attributable to combat zone contributions (if 
any) can be transferred only if the IRA or plan accepts such funds.
    (d) Transfer to a TSP account. If the TSP maintains an account for a 
death benefit beneficiary who is the surviving spouse of the 
participant, the spouse can request the TSP to transfer the death 
benefit payment to his or her TSP account; the share attributable to 
combat zone contributions (if any) cannot be transferred into a civilian 
account.

[66 FR 50713, Oct. 4, 2001, as amended at 70 FR 32209, June 1, 2005]