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CFR	Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 20

Employees' Benefits

Chapter I

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor

Part 10

Claims for Compensation Under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, As Amended

Subpart H

Special Provisions

• Section Number: 10.716
• Section Name: If the required refund is not paid within 30 days of the request for repayment, can it be collected from payments due under the FECA?

    If the required refund is not paid within 30 days of the request for 
payment, OWCP can, in its discretion, collect the refund by withholding 
all or part of any payments currently payable to the beneficiary under 
the FECA with respect to any injury. The waiver provisions of 
Secs. 10.432 through 10.440 do not apply to such determinations.