{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-1.1000","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 1.1000","heading":"Garnishment of payments after disbursement.","body":"(a) Payments of benefits due under any law administered by the Secretary that are protected by 38 U.S.C. 5301(a) and made by direct deposit to a financial institution are subject to 31 CFR part 212, Garnishment of Accounts Containing Federal Benefit Payments.\n(b) This section may be amended only by a rulemaking issued jointly by the Department of the Treasury and the agencies defined as a “benefit agency” in 31 CFR 212.3.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-38.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:50Z","sha256":"b1919ce839707a7b7d709654a04c6dbc3adc60cc5564dc9f2c21f9988a24aed3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-1.995","next":"us/38-cfr-2.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}