[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR34.16]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 34--COLLECTION OF DEBTS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart C--Salary Offset
 
Sec. 34.16  Scope.


    (a) This subpart sets forth STATE's procedures for the collection of 
a Federal employee's pay by salary offset to satisfy certain valid and 
past due debts owed the United States Government.
    (b) This subpart applies to:
    (1) Current employees of STATE and other agencies who owe debts to 
STATE;
    (2) Current employees of STATE who owe debts to other agencies.
    (c) This subpart does not apply to debts or claims arising under the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); the tariff laws of the United

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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) This subpart does not apply to any adjustment to pay arising out 
of an employee's election of coverage or a change in coverage under a 
Federal benefits program requiring periodic deductions from pay or 
ministerial adjustments in pay, if the amount to be recovered was 
accumulated over four pay periods or less.
    (e) These regulations do not preclude an employee from:
    (1) Requesting waiver of erroneous payment of salary, travel, 
transportation or relocation expense and allowances;
    (2) Requesting waiver of any other type of debt, if waiver is 
available by statute; or
    (3) Questioning the amount or validity of a debt by submitting a 
subsequent claim to the General Accounting Office.
    (f) Nothing in these regulations precludes the compromise, 
suspension or termination of collection actions where appropriate under 
subpart A or other regulations.