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15 U.S.C. § 1675 — Exemption for State-regulated garnishments
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The Secretary of Labor may by regulation exempt from the provisions of section 1673(a) and (b)(2) of this title garnishments issued under the laws of any State if he determines that the laws of that State provide restrictions on garnishment which are substantially similar to those provided in section 1673(a) and (b)(2) of this title.
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The Secretary of Labor may by regulation exempt from the provisions of section 1673(a) and (b)(2) of this title garnishments issued under the laws of any State if he determines that the laws of that State provide restrictions on garnishment which are substantially similar to those provided in section 1673(a) and (b)(2) of this title.
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**(a) Maximum allowable garnishment** Except as provided in subsection (b) and in [section 1675 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1675&num=0&edition=prelim), the maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual for any workweek which is subjected to garnishment may not exceed
(1) 25 per centum of his disposable earnings for that week, or
(2) the amount by which his disposable earnings for that week exceed thirty times the Federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by [section 206(a)(1) of title 29](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section206/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim) in effect at the time the earnings are payable,
whichever is less. In the case of earnings for any pay period other than a week, the Secretary of Labor shall by regulation prescribe a multiple of the Federal minimum hourly wage equivalent in effect to that set forth in paragraph (2).
**(b) Exceptions**
(1) The restrictions of subsection (a) do not apply in the case of
(A) any order for the support of any person issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or in accordance with an administrative procedure, which is established by State law, which affords substantial due process, and which is subject to judicial review.
(B) any order of any court of the United States having jurisdiction over cases under chapter 13 of title 11.
(C) any debt due for any State or Federal tax.
(2) The maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual for any workweek which is subject to garnishment to enforce any order for the support of any person shall not exceed—
(A) where such individual is supporting his spouse or dependent child (other than a spouse or child with respect to whose suppor
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 1679
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1978—Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 95–598 substituted
‘‘court of the United States having jurisdiction over
cases under chapter 13 of title 11’’ for ‘‘court of bank-
ruptcy under chapter XIII of the Bankruptcy Act’’.
1977—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–30, § 501(e)(1), (2), des-
ignated existing provisions as par. (1) and existing pars.
(1), (2), and (3) as subpars. (A), (B), and (C) thereof, sub-
stituted ‘‘for the support of any person issued by a
court of competent jurisdiction or in accordance with
an administrative procedure, which is established by
State law, which affords substantial due process, and
which is subject to judicial review’’ for ‘‘of any court
for the support of any person’’ in subpar. (A) as so re-
designated, and added par. (2).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–30, § 501(e)(3), inserted ‘‘, and
no State (or officer or agency thereof),’’ after ‘‘or any
State’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–598 effective Oct. 1, 1979,
see section 402(a) of Pub. L. 95–598, set out as an Effec-
tive Date note preceding section 101 of Title 11, Bank-
ruptcy.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1977 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 95–30, title V, § 501(e)(5), May 23, 1977, 91 Stat.
162, provided that: ‘‘The amendments made by this sub-
section [amending this section and section 1675 of this
title] shall take effect on the first day of the first cal-
endar month which begins after the date of enactment
of this Act [May 23, 1977].’’
§ 1674. Restriction on discharge from employ-
ment by reason of garnishment
(a) Termination of employment
No employer may discharge any employee by
reason of the fact that his earnings have been
subjected to garnishment for any on
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