[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR185.144] [Page 62] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 185_PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES--Table of Contents Sec. 185.144 Right to administrative offset. The amount of any penalty or assessment which has become final, or for which a judgment has been entered under Sec. 185.142 or Sec. 185.143, or any amount agreed upon in a compromise or settlement under Sec. 185.146, may be collected by administrative offset under section 3716 of title 31, United States Code, except that an administrative offset may not be made under section 3716 against a refund of an overpayment of Federal taxes, then or later owing by the United States to the defendant.