[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR179.210]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 179_CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B_Salary Offset
 
Sec. 179.210  Special review.

    (a) An OPM employee subject to salary offset or a voluntary 
repayment agreement, may, at any time, request a special review by the 
Office of the amount of the salary offset or voluntary payment, based on 
materially changed circumstances such as, but not limited to, 
catastrophic illness, divorce, death, or disability.
    (b) In determining whether an offset would prevent the employee from 
meeting essential subsistence expenses (food, housing, clothing, 
transportation and medical care), the employee shall submit a detailed 
statement and supporting documents for the employee, his or her spouse, 
and dependents indicating:
    (1) Income from all sources;
    (2) Assets;
    (3) Liabilities;
    (4) Number of dependents;
    (5) Expenses for food, housing, clothing and transportation;
    (6) Medical expenses; and
    (7) Exceptional expenses, if any.

If an OPM employee requests a special review under this section, the 
employee shall file an alternative proposed offset or payment schedule 
and a statement, with supporting documents (Sec. 179.210(b)), stating 
why the current salary offset or payments result in an extreme financial 
hardship to the employee.
    (c) The Director shall evaluate the statement and supporting 
documents, and determine whether the original offset or repayment 
schedule imposes an extreme financial hardship on the employee. The 
Director shall notify the

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employee in writing of such determination, including, if appropriate, a 
revised offset or repayment schedule.
    (d) If the special review results in a revised offset or repayment 
schedule, the OPM salary offset coordinator shall provide a new 
certification to the payroll office.