20 CFR § 361.16 - Refunds.

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title: "20 CFR § 361.16 - Refunds."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "361.16"
section_name: "Refunds."
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"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 5514(b)(1)."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 45262, Nov. 9, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
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# 361.16 Refunds.

The Board will refund promptly to the appropriate individual amounts offset under these regulations when:

(a) A debt is waived or otherwise found not owing the United States (unless expressly prohibited by statute or regulation); or

(b) The Board is directed by an administrative or judicial order to refund amounts deducted from the employee's current pay.