[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: 15CFR22.9]

[Page 207-208]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 22--SALARY OFFSET--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 22.9  Standards for determining extreme financial hardship.

    (a)(1) An offset produces an extreme financial hardship for an 
employee if the offset prevents the employee from meeting the costs 
necessarily incurred

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for essential subsistence expenses of the employee and his or her spouse 
and dependents.
    (2) Ordinarily, essential subsistence expenses include only costs 
incurred for food, housing, clothing, transportation, and medical care.
    (b) In determining whether an offset would prevent the employee from 
meeting the essential subsistence expenses described in paragraph (a) of 
this section, the hearing official shall require that the employee 
submit a detailed financial statement showing assets, liabilities, 
income and expenses.