29 CFR §20.87
- (a)Agencies shall promptly refund to the appropriate party amounts paid or deducted under this subpart when—
- (1)A debt is waived or is otherwise not owing to the United States (unless refund is expressly prohibited by statute or regulation); or
- (2)The employee's paying agency is directed by an administrative or judicial order to refund amounts deducted from his or her current pay.
- (b)Refunds do not bear interest unless required or permitted by law or contract.