[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: 15CFR22.11]

[Page 208]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 22--SALARY OFFSET--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 22.11  Coordinating offset with another Federal agency.

    (a) When Commerce is owed the debt. When the Department is owed a 
debt by an employee of another agency, the Department will submit a 
written request to the paying agency to begin salary offset. This 
request will include certification as to the debt (including the amount 
and basis of the debt and the due date of the payment) and that the 
Department has complied with these regulations.
    (b) When another agency is owed the debt. The Department will use 
salary offset against one of its employees who is indebted to another 
agency if requested to do so by that agency. Such a request must be 
accompanied by a certification by the requesting agency that the person 
owes the debt (including the amount) and that the procedural 
requirements of 5 U.S.C. 5514 and 5 CFR part 550, subpart K, have been 
met.
    (c) Requests by another Federal Department or agency for Department 
cooperation in offsetting the salary of one of its employees must be 
directed to the Director for Personnel and Civil Rights, Room 5001, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th and 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230.