49 CFR § 1018.24 - Contact with the debtor's employing agency.

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title: "49 CFR § 1018.24 - Contact with the debtor's employing agency."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "1018.24"
section_name: "Contact with the debtor's employing agency."
chapter_name: "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1018"
part_name: "DEBT COLLECTION"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "31 U.S.C. 3701, 31 U.S.C. 3711  49 U.S.C. 1321, 31 CFR parts 900-904."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 7749, Feb. 9, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1018.24 Contact with the debtor's employing agency.

If a debtor is employed by the Federal government or is a member of the military establishment or the Coast Guard, and collection by offset cannot be accomplished in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5514, the Board shall contact the employing agency to arrange with the debtor for payment of the indebtedness by allotment or otherwise.