22 CFR § 512.23 - Liquidation from final check or recovery from other payment.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s512.23"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "22 CFR § 512.23 - Liquidation from final check or recovery from other payment."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "512.23"
section_name: "Liquidation from final check or recovery from other payment."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA"
part_number: "512"
part_name: "COLLECTION OF DEBTS UNDER THE DEBT COLLECTION ACT OF 1982"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 3701; 31 U.S.C. 3711 5 U.S.C. 5514; 4 CFR Parts 101-105; 5 CFR Part 550."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 43897, Nov. 17, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "512"
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# 512.23 Liquidation from final check or recovery from other payment.
(a) If an employee retires or resigns before collection of the debt is completed, offset of the entire remaining balance may be made from a final payment of any nature to such extent as is necessary to liquidate the debt.
(b) Where debt cannot be liquidated by offset from final payment, offset may be made from later payments of any kind due from the United States inclusive of Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8347 and 5 CFR 831.1801 *et seq* of this regulation.
[52 FR 43897, Nov. 17, 1987, as amended at 55 FR 3051, Jan. 30, 1990]