---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 17.101"
title: "24"
number: "17.101"
heading: "Procedures for salary offset: when deductions may begin."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/17.101"
---

# §17.101. Procedures for salary offset: when deductions may begin.

- (a) Deductions to liquidate an employee's debt will be by the method and in the amount stated in the Secretary's Notice of Intent to collect from the employee's current pay.
- (b) If the employee filed a petition for hearing with the Secretary before the expiration of the period provided for in [§ 17.91](/cfr/24/17.91.md), then deductions will begin after:
  - (1) The hearing officer has provided the employee with a hearing; and
  - (2) **The hearing officer has issued a final written decision in favor of the Secretary.**
- (c) If an employee retires or resigns before collection of the amount of the indebtedness is completed, the remaining indebtedness will be collected according to the procedures for the collection of claims under [§§ 17.61 through 17.79](/cfr/24/17.61..17.79.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 76 FR 69045, Nov. 7, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2672; 31 U.S.C. 3711, 3716-18, 3721, and 5 U.S.C. 5514; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).