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Federal Register | Procedures for Bureau Debt Collection
Dates: This rule is effective July 11, 2013.
Effective Date: 07/11/2013
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Document Number: 2013-16470
Shorter URL: https://federalregister.gov/a/2013-16470 Related Topics
II. Summary of the Rule Back to Top
Subpart C of the regulations provides that when the Bureau collects a debt by means of deductions from the current pay account of a Bureau employee, or any individual currently employed by the Federal Government (including a former Bureau employee), the Bureau shall initiate salary offset under 5 U.S.C. 5514(a)(1). Salary offset is a form of administrative offset governed by statute (5 U.S.C. 5514) and by regulations issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) (5 CFR part 550, subpart K). The statute authorizing salary offset requires agencies to promulgate regulations to carry out salary offset subject to OPM approval. 5 U.S.C. 5514(b)(1). Subpart C implements those statutory requirements. Subpart D—Administrative Wage Garnishment
III. Legal Authority and Effective Date Back to Top
List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 1073 Back to Top
PART 1073—PROCEDURES FOR BUREAU DEBT COLLECTION Back to Top
Subpart A—Scope, Purpose, and Definitions Back to Top
§ 1073.101 Scope.
§ 1073.102 Purpose.
§ 1073.103 Definitions.
Subpart B—Administrative Offset Back to Top
§ 1073.201 Applicability and scope.
(2) At least 60 days prior to referring a debt to the Department of the Treasury in accordance with paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the Director will send notice to the debtor in accordance with the requirements of § 1073.204 of this subpart.
(2) At least 30 days prior to offsetting a payment internally or requesting a paying agency to offset a payment in accordance with paragraph (c)(1) of this section, the Director will send notice to the debtor in accordance with the requirements of § 1073.204 of this subpart.
§ 1073.202 Collection.
§ 1073.203 Omission of procedures.
The Bureau shall not be required to follow the procedures described in § 1073.204 where:
§ 1073.204 Debtor's rights.
§ 1073.205 No requirement for duplicate notice.
§ 1073.206 Interest, penalties, and administrative costs.
§ 1073.207 Termination or suspension of collection action.
§ 1073.208 Refunds.
§ 1073.209 Request for offset to other Federal agencies.
§ 1073.210 Request for offset from other Federal agencies.
Subpart C—Salary Offset Back to Top
§ 1073.301 Scope.
§ 1073.302 Notice requirement where CFPB is creditor agency.
(h) That the employee has a right to a hearing regarding the existence and amount of the debt claimed or the salary offset schedule proposed by the Director, provided that the employee files a request for such a hearing with the Bureau in accordance with § 1073.303. Such a hearing will be conducted by an impartial official who is an administrative law judge or who is an other hearing official not under the supervision or control of the Director;
§ 1073.303 Procedures to request a hearing.
§ 1073.304 Failure to timely submit request for a hearing.
If the Bureau does not receive an employee's request for hearing within the 15-day period set forth in § 1073.303, the employee shall not be entitled to a hearing, and salary offset may be initiated. However, the Bureau may accept an untimely request for hearing if the employee can show that the delay was because of circumstances beyond his or her control or because of failure to receive notice of the time limit (unless otherwise aware of it).
§ 1073.305 Procedures for hearing.
§ 1073.306 Salary offset process.
(c) When salary offset may begin. Deductions shall begin within three official pay periods following, as applicable, the initiation of salary offset without a hearing under § 1073.304, the decision of the hearing official under § 1073.305, or receipt of the creditor agency's request for offset where the Bureau is not the creditor agency.
§ 1073.307 Voluntary repayment agreements as alternative to salary offset where the CFPB is the creditor agency.
(1) If the Director decides that the proposed repayment agreement is unacceptable, he or she shall notify the employee and the employee shall have 30 calendar days from the date he or she received notice of the decision in which to file a request for a hearing on the proposed repayment agreement, as provided in § 1073.303; or
§ 1073.308 Special review of repayment agreement or salary offset due to changed circumstances.
§ 1073.309 Interest, penalties, and administrative costs.
Where the Bureau is the creditor agency, it shall assess interest, penalties, and administrative costs pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 1073.206 and in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3717 and 31 CFR parts 900 through 904.
§ 1073.310 Refunds.
§ 1073.311 Non-waiver of rights by payment.
§ 1073.312 Exception to procedures.
Subpart D—Administrative Wage Garnishment Back to Top
§ 1073.401 Administrative wage garnishment.
Subpart E—Tax Refund Offset Back to Top
§ 1073.501 Tax refund offset.