5 CFR § 550.1101 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s550.1101"
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title: "5 CFR § 550.1101 - Purpose."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "550.1101"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "550"
part_name: "PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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regulatory_source: "33 FR 12458, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
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# 550.1101 Purpose.

This subpart provides the standards to be used by Federal agencies to prepare regulations implementing 5 U.S.C. 5514 and by OPM to review and approve such agency regulations, and establishes procedural guidelines to recover debts from the current pay account of an employee when the employee's creditor and paying agencies are not the same.