Regulations last checked for updates: May 06, 2024

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: May 01, 2024
§ 1017.10 - Procedures for administrative offset.

(a) Debts will be collected in one lump sum where possible. If the employee is financially unable to pay in one lump sum, collection shall be made in installments.

(b) Debts shall be collected by deduction at officially established pay intervals from an employee's current pay account, unless alternative arrangements for repayment are made.

(c) Installment deductions will be made over a period not greater than the anticipated period of employment. The size of installment deductions must bear a reasonable relationship to the size of the debt and the employee's ability to pay. The deduction for the pay intervals for any period shall not exceed 15 percent of disposable pay, unless the employee has agreed in writing to a deduction of a greater amount.

(d) Unliquidated debts may be offset against any financial payment due to a separated employee (including, but not limited to, final salary payment or lump-sum payment for leave).

authority: 31 U.S.C. 3716,5.S.C. 5514; Pub. L. 97-365; 31 CFR parts 900-904; 5 CFR part 550
source: 56 FR 32333, July 16, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 49 CFR 1017.10