[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: 20CFR255.19]

[Page 509]
 
                      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.