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W A 6 H I N WASTINGNON. 0,02054 0
FILE: B-203242 DATEs March 17, 1982
MATTER OF: Refund of erroneous deductions for
life insurance premiums and retirement
contributions
DIGEST: An adjustment to an employee's pay to qorrect
erroneously withheld deductions is a matter
cognizable by the General Accounting Office
and the Act of October 9, 1940, 54 Stat. 1061,
as amended, 31 U.S.C. 71a, bars refunds beyond
6 years.
By letter of May 8, 1981, Mr. R Lo Sandifer, an
authorized certifying officer at the Department of
Agriculture's National Finance Center, requested an
advance decision! regarding the refund of life insuranee
premiums and retirement contributions erroneously with-
held from the salary of certain employees of the Depart-
ment of Agri.lture, The certifyin9 officer potes our
decision Matter -of: refund of life insurance.t emiums
B-198115,October 21, 1980, in which we permitted-tefiund
of erroneously withheld Life insurance premiums and
requests clarification of that decision, Specifically,
he inquires whether salary adjustments may be iade
beyond the 6-year- limit imposed by the Act of October 9,
1940, 51 Stat. 1061, an amended, 3] U.S.C, 71a (1976),
which bars all cliims cognizable by the General Accounting
Office which are not received in the General Accounting
Office within 6 years of the date the claim first accrued.
The certifying officer has submitted the vouchers of two
employees, Roger K. Stephens and Maude L. Norris, seeking
reimbursement for insurance pLemiums 'for the former, and
retirement contributions for the latter, erroneously with-
held from their compensation. The erroneous deductions
began more than 6 years prior to the discovery of the
error.
Unaer the Federal Group Life Insurance Act of 1954,
as amended, 5 U.S.C. §§ 8701-8716, the Office of Personnel
Management may issue regulations which prescribe the time
at which and the conditions under which an employee is
eligible for coverage. These regulations are found at
5 C.F.R. §§ 870.101-871.604, Federal Personnel Manual
(FPM) Chapter 870, and FPM Supplement 870-1. Paragraph
84-7b of PPM Supplement 070-1 states that errors in with-
holdings involving current employees should be adjusted in
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