{"data":{"id":"us/34-cfr-34.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"34 CFR 34.2","heading":"Scope of this part.","body":"(a) This part applies to collection of any financial obligation owed to the United States that arises under a program we administer.\n(b) This part applies notwithstanding any provision of State law.\n(c) We may compromise or suspend collection by garnishment of a debt in accordance with applicable law.\n(d) We may use other debt collection remedies separately or in conjunction with administrative wage garnishment to collect a debt.\n(e) To collect by offset from the salary of a Federal employee, we use the procedures in 34 CFR part 31, not those in this part.","path":["Title 34—Education","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary, Department of Education","PART 34—ADMINISTRATIVE WAGE GARNISHMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-34.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:40Z","sha256":"387f1dfccf1cd812e72b1e03ac358b345d7b66c6e40cea747203e05b902f3b15","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/34-cfr-34.1","next":"us/34-cfr-34.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}