---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 17.1"
title: "22"
number: "17.1"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/17.1"
---

# §17.1. General.


This part establishes procedures for notifying individuals of their rights if they have received an overpayment from the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund under Chapter 8 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended, including their right to contest the determination that there has been an overpayment and the right to request a waiver of recovery of the overpayment. This part also provides the procedures for administrative determination of these rights and for appeals of negative determinations.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 4047(d); 22 U.S.C. 4071(b); 5 U.S.C. 8470(b); 5 CFR 845.301-07.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 16229, Mar. 31, 2006, unless otherwise noted.