---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3.76"
title: "7"
number: "3.76"
heading: "Result if employee fails to meet deadlines."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3.76"
---

# §3.76. Result if employee fails to meet deadlines.


An employee will not be granted a hearing and will have his or her disposable pay offset as specified in USDA's offset schedule if the employee:

- (a) Fails to file a petition for a hearing as prescribed in [§ 3.75](/cfr/7/3.75.md); or
- (b) **Is scheduled to appear and fails to appear at the hearing.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514; and 5 CFR part 550, subpart K.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 1506, 1981, 1981a, 1981d, and 2008h; 15 U.S.C. 714b; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716-18, and 3720B; and 31 CFR parts 285 and 901-904.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 36672, June 17, 2020, unless otherwise noted.