CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary, Department of Education > PART 34—ADMINISTRATIVE WAGE GARNISHMENT > 34.19—Amounts to be withheld under a garnishment order.

34.19—Amounts to be withheld under a garnishment order.

(a) (1) After an employer receives a garnishment order we issue, the employer must deduct from all disposable pay of the debtor during each pay period the amount directed in the garnishment order unless this section or § 34.20 requires a smaller amount to be withheld.
(2) The amount specified in the garnishment order does not apply if other law, including this section, requires the employer to withhold a smaller amount.
(b) The employer must comply with our garnishment order by withholding the lesser of—
(1) The amount directed in the garnishment order; or—
(2) The amount specified in 15 U.S.C. 1673(a)(2) (Restriction on Garnishment); that is, the amount by which a debtor's disposable pay exceeds an amount equal to 30 times the minimum wage. (See 29 CFR 870.10.)

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(Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3720D )