CFR /  Title 5  /  Part 591: Allowances And Differentials

Section No.	Description
Section 591.101	Definitions
Section 591.102	Governmentwide maximum uniform allowance rate
Section 591.103	Higher initial maximum uniform allowance rate
Section 591.104	Definitions
Section 591.201	Why does the Government pay COLAs?
Section 591.202	Why does the Government pay post differentials?
Section 591.203	Who can receive COLAs and post differentials?
Section 591.204	Which areas are nonforeign areas?
Section 591.205	How does OPM establish COLA areas?
Section 591.206	Which areas are COLA areas?
Section 591.207	How does OPM establish COLA rates?
Section 591.208	What is a price index?
Section 591.209	What are weights?
Section 591.210	What are the categories of consumer expenditures?
Section 591.211	How does OPM select survey items?
Section 591.212	What prices does OPM collect?
Section 591.213	How does OPM collect prices?
Section 591.214	Where does OPM collect prices in the COLA and DC areas?
Section 591.215	How does OPM combine survey data for the DC area and for COLA areas with multiple survey areas?
Section 591.216	In which outlets does OPM collect prices?
Section 591.217	How does OPM compute price indexes?
Section 591.218	How does OPM compute shelter price indexes?
Section 591.219	How does OPM calculate energy utility cost indexes?
Section 591.220	How does OPM compute the consumer expenditure weights it uses to combine price indexes?
Section 591.221	How does OPM use the expenditure weights to combine price indexes?
Section 591.222	When does OPM conduct COLA surveys?
Section 591.223	How does OPM adjust price indexes between surveys?
Section 591.224	Which CPIs does OPM use?
Section 591.225	How does OPM apply the CPIs?
Section 591.226	What adjustment factors does OPM add to the price indexes?
Section 591.227	How does OPM convert the price index plus adjustment factor to a COLA rate?
Section 591.228	How does OPM inform agencies and employees of COLA rate changes?
Section 591.229	When does OPM establish post differential areas?
Section 591.230	Which areas are post differential areas?
Section 591.231	How does OPM establish and review post differentials?
Section 591.232	Who can receive a post differential?
Section 591.233	Under what circumstances may people recruited locally receive a post differential?
Section 591.234	When do COLA and post differential payments begin?
Section 591.235	When do COLA and post differential payments end?
Section 591.236	Under what circumstances may employees on leave or travel receive a COLA and/or post differential?
Section 591.237	How do agencies pay COLAs and post differentials?
Section 591.238	How do agencies treat COLAs and post differentials for the purpose of overtime pay and other entitlements?
Section 591.239	How are agency and employee representatives involved in the administration of the COLA and post differential programs?
Section 591.240	What are the key activities of the COLA Advisory Committees?
Section 591.241	What is the tenure of a COLA Advisory Committee?
Section 591.242	How many members are on each COLA Advisory Committee?
Section 591.243	How does OPM select COLA Advisory Committee members?
Section 591.244	Purpose
Section 591.301	Coverage
Section 591.302	Responsibilities of agencies and the Office of Personnel Management
Section 591.303	Criteria for determining remoteness
Section 591.304	Allowance rates
Section 591.305	Employee eligibility for an allowance
Section 591.306	Payment of allowance rate
Section 591.307	Relationship to additional pay payable under other statutes
Section 591.308	Effective date for payment of allowances
Section 591.309	Effect of regulations in this subpart on allowances established under previous statutes
Section 591.310	Purpose and applicability
Section 591.401	Definitions
Section 591.402	Amount of payment
Section 591.403	Method of payment
Section 591.404	Responsibilities of agencies
Section 591.405	Records and reports
Section 591.406	Purpose