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[Debt Collection by Offset Against Retirement Fund, Final Salary Check, and Lump-Sum Leave Payments]

B-217274: Sep 30, 1985

The Administrator of Veterans Affairs requested a decision as to which section of the Debt Collection Act applies to the collection of debts by offset against a former government employee's final salary check, lump-sum leave payment, and Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund payments. GAO held that 31 U.S.C. 3716 governs effecting offsets against an employee's final salary check, lump-sum l...

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B-217274, SEP 30, 1985, 64 COMP.GEN. 907

B-217274: Sep 30, 1985

RATHER THAN SECTION 5 (SALARY OFFSET) IS APPLICABLE TO OFFSETS AGAINST PAYMENTS FROM CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND (RETIREMENT FUND). THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF LONG- STANDING INTERPRETATION AND THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT ACT WAS INTENDED TO CHANGE IT. RATHER THAN SECTION 5 (SALARY OFFSET) IS APPLICABLE TO OFFSETS AGAINST FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEE'S FINAL SALARY CHECK AND LUMP-SUM LEA...

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