49 CFR § 1017.3 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s1017.3"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 1017.3 - Applicability."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "1017.3"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1017"
part_name: "DEBT COLLECTION—COLLECTION BY OFFSET FROM INDEBTED GOVERNMENT AND FORMER GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 3716, 5 U.S.C. 5514; Pub. L. 97-365; 31 CFR parts 900-904; 5 CFR part 550."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 32333, July 16, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1017"
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# 1017.3 Applicability.

These regulations are to be followed when:

(a) The Board is owed a debt by a current employee;

(b) The Board is owed a debt by an individual currently employed by another Federal agency;

(c) The Board employs an individual who owes a debt to another Federal agency; and

(d) The Board is owed a debt by an employee who separates from Federal Government service. The authority to collect debts owed by former Federal employees is found in the FCCS and 31 U.S.C. 3716.