32 CFR § 283.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s283.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 283.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "283.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
part_number: "283"
part_name: "WAIVER OF DEBTS RESULTING FROM ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "10 U.S.C. 2575, 2771, 4712, 9712; 24 U.S.C. 420; 31 U.S.C. 3529, 3702; 32 U.S.C. 714; 37 U.S.C. 554."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 57427, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "283"
---


# 283.1 Purpose.

This part establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for considering applications for the waiver of debts resulting from erroneous payments of pay and allowances (including travel and transportation allowances) to or on behalf of members of the Uniformed Services and civilian DoD employees under 10 U.S.C. 2774, 32 U.S.C. 716, 5 U.S.C. 5584.