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B-204187 1 (1982-06-09)

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W  CE.,TFULLWER DINEROAL
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       DATE: June 9, 1982

Compensation Fund Overpayments


Payments to n Air F
Department of Labor'
Fund are repaid to t
pursuant to 5 UtSC9
payment by the Fund
within the meaning o
The agency is billed
Department of Labor.
mant by the Fund to
collected by the sir
S 5514t as if it had
by the Air Force.


orce employee from the
s Employees' Compensation
he Fund by the Air Force
5 e147 (1976)9 An over-
becomes an overpayment
f 5 U.S.C, 9 5514 whn
for the payment by the
  Therefore, a'i overpay-
the employee may be
Force under 5 U.S.C.
been made directly


     By , letter dated July 23, 1931,
Secretary of the Air Force (Acco:Jnting
requested an advance decision re9ardin
withholding under the provisions of 5
an Air Fo-ce e:iployee's pay to collect
to that employee by the Dmepartment oo
Workers' Compensation Prograns. The p
are from the Employees' Compensation F
ministered by th. Office of Workers' C


Pursuant
Air Force
Force on


to 5 U.8.C.
employees
an annual b


are
asi


8147, payments
repaid to the
S.


the Deputy Assistant
and Internal Audit)
g thu propriety of
UsSC. S 5514 (1976)
overpayacents made
Labor's Office of
aymrents in question
und which Is ad-
ompensation Programs.
fon ,he Fund t('
Fund by the Air


     Section 5514 of title 5, United States Code, pc.-mits
collection from an employee's pay by his agency (w)hen
the head of an agency concerned or his designue determines
that an employee * * * is indebted to the United States
because of an erroneous payment made by the aqency to
or on behalf of the individual* * *.  Since payments
to Air Force employees from the Employees' Compensation
Fund are not made directly by the Air Force, the Air
Force inquires whether an overpayment from the Fund
constitutes an overpayment under section 5514.


     For the following reasons we f
to the Air Force employees from the
ments within the meaning '. 5 U.S.C
Air Force is billed by thc Fund for


ind that overpayments
Fund constitute pay-
It 5514 once the
the over payments.


The


Federal Employne.' Compensatton
  *;12 . <. : ,,   - • t•S


Act, as amended,


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