[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR550.1108]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 550--PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart K--Collection by Offset From Indebted Government Employees
 
Sec. 550.1108  Requesting recovery through centralized administrative offset.

    Under 31 U.S.C. 3716, creditor agencies must notify the Secretary of 
the Treasury of all debts that are delinquent as defined in the FCCS 
(over 180 days) so that recovery may be made by centralized 
administrative offset. This includes those debts the agency seeks to 
recover from the pay account of an employee of another agency via salary 
offset. The Secretary of the Treasury and other Federal disbursing 
officials will match payments, including Federal salary payments, 
against these debts. Where a match occurs, and all the requirements for 
offset have been met, the payments will be offset to collect the debt. 
Prior to offset of the pay account of an employee, an agency must comply 
with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 5514, this subpart, and agency 
regulations issued thereunder. Specific procedures for notifying the 
Secretary of the Treasury of a debt for purposes of collection by 
centralized administrative offset are contained in 31 CFR part 285 and 
the FCCS. At its discretion, a creditor agency may notify the Secretary 
of the Treasury of debts that have been delinquent for 180 days or less, 
including debts the agency seeks to recover from the pay account of an 
employee via salary offset.

[63 FR 72101, Dec. 31, 1998]