# Administrative Wage Garnishment
> **US Department of Education** · Final regulations. · Published 2003-02-19 · Effective 2003-03-21 · 68 FR 8142
## Document
- **Document number:** 03-3947
- **Category:** education-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 68 FR 8142
- **CFR reference:** 34 CFR 34
- **Publication date:** 2003-02-19
- **Effective date:** 2003-03-21
## Abstract

These regulations implement for the Department of Education the provisions for administrative wage garnishment in the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA). The DCIA authorizes Federal agencies to garnish administratively, that is, without court order, the disposable pay of an individual who is not a Federal employee to collect a delinquent nontax debt owed to the United States. These regulations implement this authority for a debt owed to the United States under a program administered by the Department of Education.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/02/19/03-3947/administrative-wage-garnishment)
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