Helpful Overpayment Documents

  1. ACS Handbook for Salary Overpayments (The Salary Overpayment Handbook is available to ED employees via the Department’s intranet website.)

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  2. 34 CFR Part 32–Salary Offset to Recover Overpayments of
    Pay or Allowances from Department of Education Employees
    Please go here for the full text of these regulations.

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  3. 31 CFR Parts 900-904–Federal Claims Collection Standards
    Please go here for the full text of these regulations.

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  4. Statutes governing the debt collection process include:
    • Dept Collection Act of 1982, P.L. 97-365 (October 25, 1982)
    • Dept Collection Improvement Act of 1996, sec. 31001 of P.L. 104-134 (April 26, 1996)
    • Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966, P.L. 89-508 (July 19, 1966)
    • Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, P.L. 101-576, (January 23, 1990)
    • The Privacy Act of 1974,as amended.