---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 301-71.305"
title: "41"
number: "301-71.305"
heading: "Debt collection for unpaid travel advances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/301-71.305"
---

# §301-71.305. Debt collection for unpaid travel advances.


If an employee does not repay a travel advance when filing a travel claim, the agency should:

- (a) Offset against the employee's salary, retirement credit, or other amounts owed to the employee;
- (b) Deduct from any Government-owed amount; or
- (c) **Pursue any other legally permissible method of debt recovery.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5701 note; 5 U.S.C. 5705; 5 U.S.C. 5707; 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

### Source

Source: FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted.