[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 20, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 20CFR255.19]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 255_RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  255.19  Suspension or termination of the collection of overpayments.



    This section sets forth the principal standards which the Board 

applies in approving the suspension or termination of the collection of 

an overpayment. In addition the Board may suspend or terminate 

collection under the Federal Claims Collection Standards set forth in 4 

CFR part 104.

    (a) Collection action on a Board claim may be suspended temporarily 

when the debtor cannot be located and there is reason to believe future 

collection action may be productive or collection may be effected by 

offset in the near future.

    (b) Collection action may be terminated when:

    (1) The debtor is unable to make any substantial payment;

    (2) The debtor cannot be located and offset is too remote to justify 

retention of the claim;

    (3) The cost of collection action will exceed the amount 

recoverable; or

    (4) The claim is legally without merit or cannot be substantiated by 

the evidence.