[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR255.18]

[Page 509]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 255_RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  255.18  Compromise of overpayments.

    (a) This section sets forth the principal standards which the Board 
applies in exercising its authority under 31 U.S.C. 3711 to compromise 
an overpayment. In addition, the Board may compromise an overpayment 
under the Federal Claims Collection Standards set forth in 4 CFR part 
103.
    (b) An overpayment may be compromised only if it is in the best 
interest of the agency. Circumstances and factors to be considered are:
    (1) The overpayment cannot be collected because of the overpaid 
individual's inability to pay the full amount of the overpayment within 
a reasonable time;
    (2) The overpaid individual refuses to pay the overpayment in full 
and it appears that enforced collection procedures will take an 
inordinate amount of time or that the cost of collecting does not 
justify the enforced collection of the full amount; or
    (3) There is doubt that the Board could prove its case in court for 
the full amount claimed because of a bona fide dispute as to the facts 
or because of the legal issues involved.