---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 179.205"
title: "5"
number: "179.205"
heading: "Waiver requests and claims to the General Accounting Office."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/179.205"
---

# §179.205. Waiver requests and claims to the General Accounting Office.


These regulations do not preclude an employee from requesting waiver of an overpayment under 5 U.S.C. [5584](/usc/5/5584.md), [10](/usc/5/10.md) U.S.C. 2774, [32 U.S.C. 716](/usc/32/716.md), or in any way questioning the amount or validity of a debt by submitting a subsequent claim to the General Accounting Office in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the General Accounting Office. These regulations do not preclude an employee from requesting a waiver pursuant to other statutory provisions pertaining to the particular debt being collected.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 59 FR 35216, July 11, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 952; 5 U.S.C. 1103; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 5 CFR part 550 subpart K; 31 U.S.C. 3701; 31 U.S.C. 3711; 31 U.S.C. 3716; 31 U.S.C. 3720A.