5 CFR § 179.205 - Waiver requests and claims to the General Accounting Office.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s179.205"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 179.205 - Waiver requests and claims to the General Accounting Office."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "179.205"
section_name: "Waiver requests and claims to the General Accounting Office."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "179"
part_name: "CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 952; 5 U.S.C. 1103; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 5 CFR part 550 subpart K; 31 U.S.C. 3701; 31 U.S.C. 3711; 31 U.S.C. 3716; 31 U.S.C. 3720A."
cfr_part: "179"
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# 179.205 Waiver requests and claims to the General Accounting Office.
These regulations do not preclude an employee from requesting waiver of an overpayment under 5 U.S.C. 5584, 10 U.S.C. 2774, 32 U.S.C. 716, or in any way questioning the amount or validity of a debt by submitting a subsequent claim to the General Accounting Office in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the General Accounting Office. These regulations do not preclude an employee from requesting a waiver pursuant to other statutory provisions pertaining to the particular debt being collected.