[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR31.10]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 31--SALARY OFFSET FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE INDEBTED TO THE UNITED STATES UNDER PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  31.10  Request for repayment agreement.

    (a) The Secretary does not initiate an offset under this part if the 
employee agrees in writing to repay the debt under terms acceptable to 
the Secretary and makes the first payment due under the agreement on or 
before the latest of--
    (1) The seventh day after the date of the decision of the hearing 
official, if the employee timely requested a hearing under Sec.  31.5 
(a) and (d);
    (2) The sixty-fifth day after the date of the pre-offset notice 
under Sec.  31.3 if the employee did not timely request either a hearing 
in accordance with Sec.  31.5 (a) and (d) or an opportunity to inspect 
and copy documents related to the debt under Sec.  31.4; or
    (3) The fifteenth day after the date on which the Secretary made 
available documents related to the debt, if the employee filed a timely 
request for documents under Sec.  31.4.
    (b) In the agreement, the Secretary and the employee may agree to 
satisfaction of the debt from sources other than an offset under this 
part, or may modify the amount proposed to be offset in the pre-offset 
notice or estimated in the decision of the hearing official.
    (c) If the employee does not enter into a repayment agreement 
acceptable to the Secretary within the deadlines in this section, the 
Secretary may initiate an offset under this part. The Secretary 
continues to collect by offset until an employee enters in a 
satisfactory repayment agreement for the debt. The Secretary suspends an 
offset already commenced under circumstances described in Sec.  
31.5(a)(2).

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514; 31 U.S.C. 3716)