{"data":{"id":"us/12-cfr-1073.301","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"12 CFR 1073.301","heading":"Scope.","body":"(a) These salary offset regulations should be read in conjunction with 5 U.S.C. 5514 and 5 CFR part 550, subpart K, and apply to the collection of debts owed by employees of the Bureau or other Federal agencies.\n(b) These salary offset procedures do not apply:\n(1) Where an employee consents to the recovery of a debt from his current pay account;\n(2) To debts arising under the Internal Revenue Code (Title 26, U.S. Code), the tariff laws of the United States, or to any case where collection of a debt by salary offset is explicitly provided for or prohibited by another statute.\n(c) These procedures do not preclude an employee from requesting a waiver of an erroneous payment under 5 U.S.C. 5584, or from questioning the amount or validity of a debt, in the manner specified by law or these agency regulations. This subpart also does not preclude an employee from requesting waiver of the collection of a debt under any other applicable statutory authority.\n(d) When possible, salary offset through centralized administrative offset procedures should be attempted before seeking salary offset from a paying agency different than the creditor agency.","path":["Title 12—Banks and Banking","CHAPTER X—CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU","PART 1073—PROCEDURES FOR BUREAU DEBT COLLECTION","Subpart C—Salary Offset"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-12.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:16Z","sha256":"61bd88db287ec359d467bf5832a5cb1cdfd30007726da1af45e3625dd3c2bd86","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/12-cfr-1073.210","next":"us/12-cfr-1073.302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}