---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 33.15"
title: "45"
number: "33.15"
heading: "Refunds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/33.15"
---

# §33.15. Refunds.

- (a) The Secretary shall promptly refund any amounts paid or deducted under this part when:
  - (1) A debt is waived or otherwise found not owing to the United States; or
  - (2) The employee's paying agency is directed by administrative or judicial order to refund amount deducted from the employee's current pay.
- (b) Unless required or permitted by law or contract, refunds shall not bear interest.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514; 5 CFR Part 550, Subpart K.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 10421, Mar. 8, 2007, unless otherwise noted.