§ 92.6 - Refund of amounts repaid and waived.

(a) When an employee, member, or other person from whom collection is sought has repaid all or part of a claim to the United States and all or part of the claim is subsequently waived, the application for waiver shall be construed as an application for a refund and the agency or department shall, to the extent of the waiver, refund the amount paid. However, no refund shall be paid where the employee, member, or other person from whom collection is sought cannot reasonably be located within 2 years after the effective date of the waiver. Refunds shall be charged to the account into which the agency deposited the collection.

(b) When no refund is made to an otherwise eligible person, the written record should include information as to the attempts made to locate that person and other pertinent information.