[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1650.119]

[Page 389]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                               COMMISSION
 
PART 1650--DEBT COLLECTION--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart A--Procedures for the Collection of Debts by Salary Offset
 
Sec. 1650.119  Salary offset request by the Commission to another agency.

    (a) Statutory limitation. Salary offset requests by the Commission 
to other agencies shall only be made within 10 years after the involved 
debt accrues, unless the right to collect the involved debt was unknown 
and could not reasonably have been known by the Commission employee 
responsible for the discovery and collection of the involved debt.
    (b) Who may make a request for salary offset to another agency. 
Unless otherwise specifically provided, salary offset requests to other 
agencies to collect debts due to the Commission shall only be made by 
the Director of FRMS.
    (c) Form of request. (1) FRMS shall make an offset request to 
another agency by presenting it with a completed and certified debt 
claim.
    (2) FRMS shall certify in writing that the employee owes the debt, 
the amount and basis of the debt, the date on which payment(s) is/are 
due, the date the Government's right to collect the debt first accrued, 
and that the Commission's salary offset regulations have been approved 
by OPM and published in the Federal Register.
    (3) Where the collection must be made in installments, FRMS shall 
advise the involved agency of the number of installments to be 
collected, the amount of each installment, and the commencing date of 
the first installment.
    (4) Where the involved employee does not agree or consent to the 
offset, FRMS shall advise the other agency of this in writing and also 
indicate the action(s) taken by the Commission under its offset 
regulations and the date(s) the action(s) was/were taken.
    (5) Where the employee agrees or consents to the offset, FRMS shall 
attach to the debt claim the employee's written agreement or consent.
    (d) Submitting the Request for Offset--(1) Current employees of 
other agencies. FRMS shall submit a certified debt claim, agreement, or 
other instruction on the payment schedule to the employee's current 
employing agency.
    (2) Separating employees of other agencies. If the employee is in 
the process of separating, FRMS shall submit a certified debt claim to 
the employee's employing agency for collection as provided in 5 CFR 
550.1104(l).