---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2418.13"
title: "5"
number: "2418.13"
heading: "How will the FLRA use administrative wage garnishment to collect an FLRA debt from a debtor's wages?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2418.13"
---

# §2418.13. How will the FLRA use administrative wage garnishment to collect an FLRA debt from a debtor's wages?

- (a) The FLRA is authorized to collect debts from a debtor's wages by means of administrative wage garnishment in accordance with the requirements of 31 U.S.C. [3720D](/usc/31/3720D.md) and [31](/usc/31/31.md) CFR 285.11. This part adopts and incorporates all of the provisions of [31 CFR 285.11](/cfr/31/285.11.md) concerning administrative wage garnishment, including the hearing procedures described in [31 CFR 285.11(f)](/cfr/31/285.11.md?p=f). The FLRA may use administrative wage garnishment to collect a delinquent FLRA debt unless the debtor is making timely payments under an agreement to pay the debt in installments (see [§ 2418.6](/cfr/5/2418.6.md)). At least thirty (30) days before initiating an administrative wage garnishment, the FLRA will send notice to the debtor in accordance with the requirements of [§ 2418.4](/cfr/5/2418.4.md) of this part, including the requirements of [§ 2418.4(a)(10)](/cfr/5/2418.4.md?p=a-10). (For debts outstanding more than ten (10) years on or before June 11, 2009, the FLRA will comply with the additional notification requirements of [31 CFR 285.7(d)](/cfr/31/285.7.md?p=d).) For FLRA debts referred to the Financial Management Service under [§ 2418.9](/cfr/5/2418.9.md), the FLRA may authorize the Financial Management Service to send a notice informing the debtor that administrative wage garnishment will be initiated and how the debtor may request a hearing as described in [§ 2418.4(a)(10)](/cfr/5/2418.4.md?p=a-10). If a debtor makes a timely request for a hearing, administrative wage garnishment will not begin until a hearing is held and a decision is sent to the debtor. See [31 CFR 285.11(f)(4)](/cfr/31/285.11.md?p=f-4). If a debtor's hearing request is not timely, then the FLRA may suspend collection by administrative wage garnishment in accordance with the provisions of [31 CFR 285.11(f)(5)](/cfr/31/285.11.md?p=f-5). All travel expenses incurred by the debtor in connection with an in-person hearing will be borne by the debtor. If a hearing is conducted telephonically, all telephonic charges incurred during the hearing will be the responsibility of the agency.
- (b) This section does not apply to Federal salary offset, the process by which the FLRA collects debts from the salaries of Federal employees (see [§ 2418.12](/cfr/5/2418.12.md)).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514; 5 U.S.C. 5584; 5 U.S.C. 6402; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711; 3716, 3717, 3718, 3720A, 3720D.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 24780, May 1, 2015, unless otherwise noted.