[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR400.128]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
     CHAPTER IV--FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 400--GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart K--Debt Management--Regulations for the 1986 and Succeeding Crop 
                                  Years
 
Sec. 400.128  Definitions.

    (a) Agency means (1) An Executive Agency as defined by 5 U.S.C. 105, 
the United States Postal Service, and the United States Postal Rate 
Commission, or (2) A Military Department, as defined by section 102 of 
Title 5 U.S.C.
    (b) Debt means:
    (1) An amount owed to the United States from sources including, but 
not limited to, insured or guaranteed loans, fees, leases, insurance 
premiums, interest (except where prohibited by law), rents, royalties, 
services, sale 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 where the employee has been determined to be liable because of 
such employee's negligent, willful, unauthorized or illegal acts, 
including but not limited to:
    (i) Theft, misuse, or loss of Government funds;
    (ii) False claims for services and travel reimbursement;
    (iii) Illegal, unauthorized obligations and expenditures of 
Government appropriations;
    (iv) Using or authorizing the use of Government owned or leased 
equipment, facilities, supplies and services for other than official or 
approved purposes;
    (v) Lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed Government property;
    (vi) Erroneous entries on accounting records or reports; and
    (vii) Deliberate failure to provide physical security and control 
procedures for accountable officers, if such failure is determined to be 
the proximate cause for a loss of Government funds.
    (c) Department or USDA means the United States Department of 
Agriculture.
    (d) Disposable salary (pay) means any pay due an employee which 
remains after required deductions for Federal, State and local income 
taxes; Social Security taxes, including Medicare taxes; Federal 
retirement programs; premiums for life and health insurance benefits; 
and such other deductions as may be required by law to be withheld.
    (e) Employee means a current employee of an agency, including a 
current member of the Armed Forces or a Reserve of the Armed Forces.

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    (f) FCIC Official means the Manager, or the Manager's designee.
    (g) Hearing Officer means an Administrative Law Judge of the 
Department of Agriculture or another person not under the control of the 
USDA, designated by the FCIC Official to review the determination of the 
alleged debt.
    (h) Salary Offset means a deduction of a debt due the U.S. by 
deduction from the disposable salary of an employee without the 
employee's consent.
    (i) Waiver means the cancellation, remission, forgiveness, or non-
recovery of a debt owed by an employee as permitted or required by 5 
U.S.C. 5584, 10 U.S.C. 2774, 32 U.S.C. 716, 5 U.S.C. 8346(b), or any 
other law.

[53 FR 3, Jan. 4, 1988, and 53 FR 10527, Apr. 1, 1988]