[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR31.2]

[Page 59-60]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 31--SALARY OFFSET FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE INDEBTED TO THE UNITED STATES UNDER PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  31.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    Agency means--
    (1) An Executive agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105, including the 
U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Postal Rate Commission;
    (2) A military department as defined in 5 U.S.C. 102;
    (3) An agency or court in the judicial branch, including a court as 
defined in 28 U.S.C. 610, the District Court for the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation;
    (4) An agency of the legislative branch, including the U.S. Senate 
and the U.S. House of Representatives; and
    (5) Any other independent establishment that is an entity of the 
Federal Government.
    Days refer to calendar days.
    Department means the Education Department.
    Disposable pay means the amount that remains from an employee's pay 
after required deductions for Federal, State, and local income taxes; 
Social Security taxes, including Medicare taxes; Federal retirement 
programs; premiums for basic life insurance and health insurance 
benefits; and such other deductions that are required by law to be 
withheld.

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    Employee means a current or former employee of an agency. In the 
case of an offset proposed to collect a debt owed by a deceased 
employee, the references in this part to the employee shall be read to 
refer to the payee of benefits from the Federal retirement account or 
other pay of the employee.
    Federal retirement account means an account of an employee under the 
Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employee Retirement 
System.
    Offset means a deduction from the pay of an employee, or a payment 
due from the Federal retirement account of an employee, to satisfy a 
debt.
    Pay means basic pay, special pay, incentive pay, retired pay, 
retainer pay, or, in the case of an individual not entitled to basic 
pay, other authorized pay, including severance pay or lump sum payments 
for accrued annual leave, and amounts payable from the Federal 
retirement account of an employee.
    Secretary means the Secretary of the Department of Education or an 
official or employee of the Department acting for the Secretary under a 
delegation of authority.

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514; 31 U.S.C. 3716)