12 CFR § 608.838 - Waiver requests and claims to the General Accounting Office.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s608.838"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 608.838 - Waiver requests and claims to the General Accounting Office."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "608.838"
section_name: "Waiver requests and claims to the General Accounting Office."
chapter_name: "FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "608"
part_name: "COLLECTION OF CLAIMS OWED THE UNITED STATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 5.17 of the Farm Credit Act; 12 U.S.C. 2252; 31 U.S.C. 3701-3719; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 4 CFR parts 101-105; 5 CFR part 550."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 13187, Mar. 21, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "608"
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# 608.838 Waiver requests and claims to the General Accounting Office.
(a) The regulations contained in this subpart do not preclude an employee from requesting a waiver of an overpayment under 5 U.S.C. 5584 or 8346(b), 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.
(b) These regulations also do not preclude an employee from requesting a waiver pursuant to other statutory provisions pertaining to the particular debts being collected.