[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR32.1]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 32--ADMINISTRATIVE WAGE GARNISHMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 32.1  Purpose and scope.

    (a) Purpose. This part prescribes the standards and procedures for 
the Department to collect money from a debtor's disposable pay by means 
of administrative wage garnishment to satisfy delinquent non-tax debts 
owed to the United States.
    (b) Authority. These standards and procedures are authorized under 
the wage garnishment provisions of the Debt Collection Improvement Act 
of 1996, codified at 31 U.S.C. 3720D, and the Department of the Treasury 
Administrative Wage Garnishment Regulations at 31 CFR 285.11.
    (c) Scope. (1) This part applies to all Departmental Operating 
Divisions and Regional Offices that administer a program that gives rise 
to a delinquent non-tax debt owed to the United States and to all 
officers or employees of the Department authorized to collect such debt.
    (2) This part shall apply notwithstanding any provision of State 
law.
    (3) Nothing in this part precludes the compromise of a debt or the 
suspension or termination of collection action in accordance with part 
30 of this title, or other applicable law or regulation.
    (4) The receipt of payments pursuant to this part does not preclude 
the Department from pursuing other debt collection remedies, including 
the offset of Federal payments to satisfy delinquent non-tax debt owed 
to the United States. The Department may pursue such debt collection 
remedies separately or in conjunction with administrative wage 
garnishment.
    (5) This part does not apply to the collection of delinquent non-tax 
debts owed to the United States from the wages of Federal employees from 
their Federal employment. Federal pay is subject to the Federal salary 
offset procedures set forth in 5 U.S.C. 5514 and other applicable laws.
    (6) Nothing in this part requires the Department to duplicate 
notices or administrative proceedings required by contract or other laws 
or regulations.