[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR513]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
   CHAPTER III--NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                INTERIOR
 
PART 513_DEBT COLLECTION--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart C_Salary Offset
 
Sec.  513.32  What are the hearing procedures when the Commission is 
the creditor agency?

    (a) To request a hearing, the debtor must file, within 15 days of 
receiving the Commission's notice of intent to offset, a written 
petition signed by the debtor and addressed to the Commission stating 
why the debtor believes the Commission's determination of the existence 
or amount of the debt is in error. The Commission may waive the 15-day 
time limit for filing a request for hearing if the employee shows that 
the delay was due to circumstances beyond his or her control or because 
the employee did not receive notice of the 15-day time limit. A debtor 
who has previously obtained a hearing to contest a debt that arose from 
a notice of violation or proposed civil fine assessment matters under 25 
CFR part 577 may not re-litigate matters that were at issue in that 
hearing.
    (b) Regardless of whether the debtor is a Commission employee, the 
Commission will provide a prompt and appropriate hearing before a 
hearing official who is not from the Commission.
    (c) The hearing will be conducted according to the FCCS review 
requirements at 31 CFR 901.3(e).
    (d) Unless the employee requests, and a hearing official grants, a 
delay in proceedings, within 60 days after the petition for hearing the 
hearing official will issue a written decision on:
    (1) The determination of the creditor agency concerning the 
existence or amount of the debt; and
    (2) The repayment schedule, if a schedule was not established by 
written agreement between the employee and the creditor agency.
    (e) If the hearing official determines that a debt may not be 
collected by salary offset but the Commission has determined that the 
debt is valid, the Commission may seek collection of the debt through 
other means in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
    (f) The form of hearings, written responses, and final decisions 
will be according to the Commission's review requirements at Sec.  
513.7. Written decisions regarding salary offset that are provided after 
a request for hearing must state: The facts purported to evidence the 
nature and origin of the alleged debt; the hearing official's analysis, 
findings, and conclusions as to the employee's or creditor agency's 
grounds; the amount and validity of the alleged debt; and, where 
applicable, the repayment schedule.