[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR31.1]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 31_SALARY OFFSET FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE INDEBTED TO THE UNITED 
 
Sec. 31.1  Scope.

STATES UNDER PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
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Sec.
31.1 Scope.
31.2 Definitions.
31.3 Pre-offset notice.
31.4 Request to inspect and copy documents relating to a debt.
31.5 Request for hearing on the debt or the proposed offset.
31.6 Location and timing of oral hearing.
31.7 Hearing procedures.
31.8 Rules of decision.
31.9 Decision of the hearing official.
31.10 Request for repayment agreement.
31.11 Offset process.

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

    Source: 54 FR 31821, Aug. 19, 1989, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) General. The Secretary establishes the standards and procedures 
in this part that apply to the offset from disposable pay of a current 
or former Federal employee or from amounts payable from the Federal 
retirement account of a former Federal employee to recover a debt owed 
the United States under a program adminstered by the Secretary of 
Education.
    (b) Exclusions. This part does not apply to--
    (1) Offsets under 34 CFR part 32 to recover for overpayments of pay 
or allowances to an employee of the Department;
    (2) Offsets under 34 CFR part 30; or
    (3) Offsets under section 124 of Pub. L. 97-276 to collect debts 
owed to the United States on judgments.
    (c) Reports to consumer reporting agency. The Secretary may report a 
debt to a consumer reporting agency after notifying the employee, in 
accordance with 34 CFR 30.35, of the intention to report the debt, and 
after providing the employee an opportunity to inspect documents, 
receive a hearing, and enter into a repayment agreement under this part.

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514; 31 U.S.C. 3711; 31 U.S.C. 3716)