20 CFR 255.16
§ 255.16 Administrative relief from recovery.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 255.16, § 255.16 Administrative relief from recovery, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/77617
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(a) Where the Board seeks to recover an overpayment from someone other than the overpaid individual, as provided for in § 255.4 of this part, and where waiver of recovery, as provided for in § 255.10 of this part, is not available because the overpaid individual was at fault as defined in § 255.11 of this part, the Board may forego recovery of the overpayment where the individual from whom recovery is sought was not at fault in causing the overpayment and where recovery is contrary to the purpose of the Railroad Retirement Act as defined in § 255.12 of this part.
(b) Application of administrative relief from recovery with respect to a given person from whom recovery may be made shall have no effect on the authority of the Board to recover the overpayment from anyone else from whom recovery may be sought.
(c) This section may be illustrated by the following examples:
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.