[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR22.1]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 22--SALARY OFFSET--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 22.1  Scope.

    (a) These regulations provide Department procedures for collection 
by salary offset of a Federal employee's pay to satisfy certain debts 
owed the Government.
    (b) These regulations apply to collections by the Secretary from:
    (1) Federal employees who owe debts to the Department; and
    (2) Current employees of the Department who owe debts to other 
agencies.
    (c) These regulations do not apply to debts or claims arising under 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 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).
    (d) These regulations do not apply to any adjustment to pay arising 
out of 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.
    (e) Nothing in these regulations precludes the compromise, 
suspension, or termination of collection actions where appropriate.