Recovery of an overpayment will defeat the purpose of the Act if such recovery would cause hardship to the recipient because:
(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
(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.
source: 71 FR 78534, Dec. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 20 CFR 30.516