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20 CFR §30.516

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Recovery of an overpayment will defeat the purpose of the Act if such recovery would cause hardship to the recipient because:
  1. (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
  2. (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.