{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-3.82","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 3.82","heading":"Procedures for salary offset: types of collection.","body":"A debt will be collected in a lump-sum or in installments. Collection will be by lump-sum collection unless the employee is financially unable to pay in one lump-sum, or if the amount of the debt exceeds 15 percent of disposable pay for an ordinary pay period. In these cases, deduction will be by installments, as specified in § 3.83.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Agriculture","PART 3—DEBT MANAGEMENT","Subpart G—Federal Salary Offset"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"f8850d438cff50d750e2a56a67c814ec8fd27b5395184c54171feebf5f4bb719","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-3.81","next":"us/7-cfr-3.83"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}