20 CFR § 361.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s361.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 361.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "361.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION, POLICY AND PROCEDURES"
part_number: "361"
part_name: "RECOVERY OF DEBTS OWED TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 5514(b)(1)."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 45262, Nov. 9, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "361"
---


# 361.1 Purpose.

These regulations, which implement 5 U.S.C. 5514, provide the standards and procedures which the Board will utilize to collect debts owed to the United States from the current pay accounts of its employees, including the current pay accounts of employees who owe debts to agencies other than the Board.