22 CFR § 17.1 - General.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s17.1"
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title: "22 CFR § 17.1 - General."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "17.1"
section_name: "General."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
part_number: "17"
part_name: "OVERPAYMENTS FROM THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND UNDER THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM (FSRDS) AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE PENSION SYSTEM (FSPS)"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 4047(d); 22 U.S.C. 4071(b); 5 U.S.C. 8470(b); 5 CFR 845.301-07."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 16229, Mar. 31, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 17.1 General.

This part establishes procedures for notifying individuals of their rights if they have received an overpayment from the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund under Chapter 8 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended, including their right to contest the determination that there has been an overpayment and the right to request a waiver of recovery of the overpayment. This part also provides the procedures for administrative determination of these rights and for appeals of negative determinations.