[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 12CFR608.836]

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                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                 CHAPTER VI--FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 608_COLLECTION OF CLAIMS OWED THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C_Offset Against Salary
 
Sec. 608.836  Applicability of regulations.

    (a) These regulations apply to the following cases:
    (1) Where the FCA is owed a debt by an individual currently employed 
by another agency;
    (2) Where the FCA is owed a debt by an individual who is currently 
employed by the FCA; or

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    (3) Where the FCA currently employs an individual who owes a debt to 
another Federal agency. Upon receipt of proper certification from the 
creditor agency, the FCA will offset the debtor-employee's salary in 
accordance with these regulations.
    (b) These regulations do not apply to the following:
    (1) Debts or claims rising under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
as amended (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 
et seq.); the tariff laws of the United States; or to any case where 
collection of a debt by salary offset is explicitly provided for or 
prohibited by another statute (e.g., travel advances in 5 U.S.C. 5705 
and employee training expenses in 5 U.S.C. 4108).
    (2) Any adjustment to pay arising from an employee's election of 
coverage or a change in coverage under a Federal benefits program 
requiring periodic deductions from pay if the amount to be recovered was 
accumulated over four pay periods or less.
    (3) A claim which has been outstanding for more than 10 years after 
the creditor agency's right to collect the debt first accrued, unless 
facts material to the Government's right to collect were not known and 
could not reasonably have been known by the official or officials 
charged with the responsibility for discovery and collection of such 
debts.