[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: 15CFR22.2]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 22--SALARY OFFSET--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 22.2  Definitions.

    (a) Agency means:
    (1) An Executive department, military department, Government 
corporation, or independent establishment as defined in 5 U.S.C. 101, 
102, 103, and 104, respectively;
    (2) The United States Postal Service;
    (3) The Postal Rate Commission;
    (4) An agency or court of the judicial branch; and
    (5) An agency of the legislative branch, including the U.S. Senate 
and the U.S. House of Representatives.
    (b) Creditor agency means the agency to which the debt is owed.
    (c) Days means calendar days.
    (d) Debt means:
    (1) An amount of money owed the United States from sources which 
include loans insured or guaranteed by the United States; from fees, 
leases, rents, royalties, services, sales of real or personal property, 
overpayments, penalties, damages, fines and forfeitures (except those 
arising under the Uniform Code of Military Justice);
    (2) An amount owed to the United States by an employee for pecuniary 
losses, including, but not limited to:
    (i) Theft, misuse, or loss of Government funds;
    (ii) False claims for services and travel;
    (iii) Illegal or unauthorized obligations and expenditures of 
Government appropriations;
    (iv) Authorization of the use of Government owned or leased 
equipment, facilities, supplies, and services for other than official or 
approved purposes;
    (v) Vehicle accidents where the employee is determined to be liable 
for the repair or replacement of a Government owned or leased vehicle; 
and
    (vi) Erroneous entries on accounting records or reports for actions 
for which the employee can be held liable.
    (e) Department or DOC means the United States Department of 
Commerce.
    (f) Disposable pay means the amount that remains from an employee's 
Federal pay after required deductions for Federal, State and local 
income taxes; Social Security taxes, including Medicare taxes; Federal 
retirement programs; premiums for basic life and health insurance 
benefits; and such other deductions that are required by law to be 
withheld.
    (g) Employee means:
    (1) A civilian employee as defined in 5 U.S.C. 2105;
    (2) A member of the Armed Forces or Reserves of the United States, 
or of a uniformed service, including a commissioned officer of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;

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    (3) An employee of the United States Postal Service or the Postal 
Rate Commission;
    (4) An employee of an agency or court of the judicial branch; and
    (5) An employee of the legislative branch, including the U.S. Senate 
and the U.S. House of Representatives.
    (h) FCCS means the Federal Claims Collection Standards jointly 
published by the Department of Justice and the General Accounting Office 
at 4 CFR 101.1 et seq.
    (i) Offset means a deduction from the disposable pay of an employee 
to satisfy a debt with or without the employee's consent.
    (j) Pay means basic pay, special pay, incentive pay, retired pay, 
retainer pay, or, in the case of an employee not entitled to basic pay, 
other authorized pay.
    (k) Paying agency means the agency employing the individual and 
authorizing his or her current pay.
    (l) Payroll office means the Departmental or other office providing 
payroll services to the employee.
    (m) Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce, or his/her designee.