5 CFR § 581.401 - Aggregate disposable earnings.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s581.401"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 581.401 - Aggregate disposable earnings."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "581.401"
section_name: "Aggregate disposable earnings."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "581"
part_name: "PROCESSING GARNISHMENT ORDERS FOR CHILD SUPPORT AND/OR ALIMONY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 659; 15 U.S.C. 1673; E.O. 12105 (43 FR 59465 and 3 CFR 262)(1979). Secs. 581.102 and 581.306 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8336a and 8412a."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 85667, Dec. 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "581"
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# 581.401 Aggregate disposable earnings.

The “aggregate disposable earnings”, when used in reference to the amounts due from, or payable by, the United States or the District of Columbia which are garnishable under the Consumer Credit Protection Act for child support and/or alimony, are the obligor's remuneration for employment less those amounts deducted in accordance with § 581.105.