20 C.F.R. § 30.516 Under what circumstances would recovery of an overpayment defeat the purpose of the Act?
Title 20 - Employees' Benefits
Recovery of an overpayment will defeat the purpose of the Act if such recovery would cause hardship to the recipient because: (a) The recipient from whom OWCP seeks recovery needs substantially all of his or her current income to meet current ordinary and necessary living expenses; and (b) The recipient's assets do not exceed two months' expenditures as determined by OWCP using the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey tables.
Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 30—CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000, AS AMENDED
Subpart F—Survivors; Payments and Offsets; Overpayments
Overpayments
§ 30.516 Under what circumstances would recovery of an overpayment defeat the purpose of the Act?
