---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 34.2"
title: "34"
number: "34.2"
heading: "Scope of this part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/34.2"
---

# §34.2. Scope of this part.

- (a) This part applies to collection of any financial obligation owed to the United States that arises under a program we administer.
- (b) This part applies notwithstanding any provision of State law.
- (c) We may compromise or suspend collection by garnishment of a debt in accordance with applicable law.
- (d) We may use other debt collection remedies separately or in conjunction with administrative wage garnishment to collect a debt.
- (e) To collect by offset from the salary of a Federal employee, we use the procedures in [34 CFR part 31](/cfr/34/part31.md), not those in this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3720D, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 8142, Feb. 19, 2003, unless otherwise noted.