[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR179.202]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 179--CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B--Salary Offset
 
Sec. 179.202  Scope.

    (a) These regulations provide procedures for the collection of 
monies from a Federal employee's pay by salary offset to satisfy certain 
debts owed the Government.
    (b) These regulations apply to all collections by the Director of 
OPM (except collections involving debts because of payments made from 
the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, payments made under 
the Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), the 
Panama Canal Construction Annuity Act and the Lighthouse Service Widows' 
Annuity Act and payments or premiums relating to the Federal Employees' 
Life Insurance Fund or the Federal Employees Health Benefits Fund) from:
    (1) Federal employees who owe debts to OPM; and
    (2) OPM employees 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) Section 179.207 does not apply to 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.
    (e) Nothing in these regulations precludes the compromise, 
suspension, or termination of collection actions, where appropriate, 
under the standards implementing the Federal Claims Collection Act (31 
U.S.C. 3711 et seq., 4 CFR parts 101-105, 38 CFR 1.900 et seq.).
    (f) Nothing in these regulations precludes an employee from 
requesting a waiver of the debt under applicable statute; under the 
standards and procedures specified by the Federal Claims Collection 
Standards (FCCS); or waiver of salary overpayment under 5 U.S.C. 5584, 
10 U.S.C. 2774, or 32 U.S.C. 716, by submitting a subsequent claim to 
the General Accounting Office in accordance with procedures established 
by the General Accounting Office.