For purposes of this subpart--
(a) The term administrative offset means the withholding of money
payable by the United States to or held by the United States on behalf
of a person to satisfy a debt owned the United States by that person;
and
(b) The term person does not include any agency of the United
States, or any state or local government.
(c) The terms claim and debt are deemed synonymous and
interchangeable. They refer to an amount of money or property which has
been determined by an appropriate agency official to be owed to the
United States from any person, organization, or entity, except another
federal agency.
(d) A debt is considered delinquent if it has not been paid by the
date specified in the agency's initial demand letter (Sec. 20.22),
unless satisfactory payment arrangements have been made by that date, or
if, at any time thereafter, the debtor fails to satisfy his obligations
under a payment agreement with the Department of Labor, or any agency
thereof.
