12 CFR § 1073.301 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s1073.301"
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title: "12 CFR § 1073.301 - Scope."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "1073.301"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU"
part_number: "1073"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR BUREAU DEBT COLLECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 31 U.S.C. 3711,"
regulatory_source: "78 FR 41678, July 11, 2013, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1073"
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# 1073.301 Scope.

(a) These salary offset regulations should be read in conjunction with 5 U.S.C. 5514 and 5 CFR part 550, subpart K, and apply to the collection of debts owed by employees of the Bureau or other Federal agencies.

(b) These salary offset procedures do not apply:

(1) Where an employee consents to the recovery of a debt from his current pay account;

(2) To debts arising under the Internal Revenue Code (Title 26, U.S. Code), the tariff laws of the United States, or to any case where collection of a debt by salary offset is explicitly provided for or prohibited by another statute.

(c) These procedures do not preclude an employee from requesting a waiver of an erroneous payment under 5 U.S.C. 5584, or from questioning the amount or validity of a debt, in the manner specified by law or these agency regulations. This subpart also does not preclude an employee from requesting waiver of the collection of a debt under any other applicable statutory authority.

(d) When possible, salary offset through centralized administrative offset procedures should be attempted before seeking salary offset from a paying agency different than the creditor agency.