[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1450.1]

[Page 78]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                        AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
 
PART 1450--COLLECTIONS OF CLAIMS OWED THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1450.1  Definitions.


    (a) The term agency means the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service (FMCS) or any other agency of the U.S. Government as stated at 
Sec. 1450.20.
    (b) The term agency head means the Director of the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service.
    (c) The terms appropriate agency official or designee mean the 
Director of the Financial Management Staff of FMCS, or such other 
official as may be named in the future by the Director of FMCS.
    (d) The terms claim and debt are deemed synonymous and 
interchangeable. They refer to an amount of money or property which has 
been determined by an appropriate agency official to be owed to the 
United States from any person, organization or entity, except another 
Federal agency.
    (e) A debt is considered delinquent if it has not been paid by the 
date specified in the agency's written notification or applicable 
contractual agreement, unless other satisfactory payment arrangements 
have been made by that date, or if at any time thereafter the debtor 
fails to satisfy obligations under a payment agreement with the agency.
    (f) The term referral for litigation means referral to the 
Department of justice for appropriate legal proceedings.