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FEDERAL · 5 CFR

Part 591 — Allowances and Differentials

64 sections · Title 5: Administrative Personnel

§ 591.101Purpose.
§ 591.102Definitions.
§ 591.103Governmentwide maximum uniform allowance rate.
§ 591.104Higher initial maximum uniform allowance rate.
§ 591.201Definitions.
§ 591.202Why does the Government pay COLAs?
§ 591.203Why does the Government pay post differentials?
§ 591.204Who can receive COLAs and post differentials?
§ 591.205Which areas are nonforeign areas?
§ 591.206How does OPM establish COLA areas?
§ 591.207Which areas are COLA areas?
§ 591.208How does OPM establish COLA rates?
§ 591.209What is a price index?
§ 591.210What are weights?
§ 591.211What are the categories of consumer expenditures?
§ 591.212How does OPM select survey items?
§ 591.213What prices does OPM collect?
§ 591.214How does OPM collect prices?
§ 591.215Where does OPM collect prices in the COLA and DC areas?
§ 591.216How does OPM combine survey data for the DC area and for COLA areas with multiple survey areas?
§ 591.217In which outlets does OPM collect prices?
§ 591.218How does OPM compute price indexes?
§ 591.219How does OPM compute shelter price indexes?
§ 591.220How does OPM calculate energy utility cost indexes?
§ 591.221How does OPM compute the consumer expenditure weights it uses to combine price indexes?
§ 591.222How does OPM use the expenditure weights to combine price indexes?
§ 591.223When does OPM conduct COLA surveys?
§ 591.224How does OPM adjust price indexes between surveys?
§ 591.225Which CPIs does OPM use?
§ 591.226How does OPM apply the CPIs?
§ 591.227What adjustment factors does OPM add to the price indexes?
§ 591.228How does OPM convert the price index plus adjustment factor to a COLA rate?
§ 591.229How does OPM inform agencies and employees of COLA rate changes?
§ 591.230When does OPM establish post differential areas?
§ 591.231Which areas are post differential areas?
§ 591.232How does OPM establish and review post differentials?
§ 591.233Who can receive a post differential?
§ 591.234Under what circumstances may people recruited locally receive a post differential?
§ 591.235When do COLA and post differential payments begin?
§ 591.236When do COLA and post differential payments end?
§ 591.237Under what circumstances may employees on leave or travel receive a COLA and/or post differential?
§ 591.238How do agencies pay COLAs and post differentials?
§ 591.239How do agencies treat COLAs and post differentials for the purpose of overtime pay and other entitlements?
§ 591.240How are agency and employee representatives involved in the administration of the COLA and post differential programs?
§ 591.241What are the key activities of the COLA Advisory Committees?
§ 591.242What is the tenure of a COLA Advisory Committee?
§ 591.243How many members are on each COLA Advisory Committee?
§ 591.244How does OPM select COLA Advisory Committee members?
§ 591.301Purpose.
§ 591.302Coverage.
§ 591.303Responsibilities of agencies and the Office of Personnel Management.
§ 591.304Criteria for determining remoteness.
§ 591.305Allowance rates.
§ 591.306Employee eligibility for an allowance.
§ 591.307Payment of allowance rate.
§ 591.308Relationship to additional pay payable under other statutes.
§ 591.309Effective date for payment of allowances.
§ 591.310Effect of regulations in this subpart on allowances established under previous statutes.
§ 591.401Purpose and applicability.
§ 591.402Definitions.
§ 591.403Amount of payment.
§ 591.404Method of payment.
§ 591.405Responsibilities of agencies.
§ 591.406Records and reports.