[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR92.43]

[Page 731]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 92_RECOVERING DEBTS TO THE UNITED STATES BY SALARY OFFSET--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  92.43  Requests for recovery when the Department is the paying agency.

    (a) Incomplete request for recovery. If the request for recovery 
received by the chief of the accounting or finance office of the 
appropriate DOT operating element is incomplete in any respect (see 
Sec.  92.21(b)) including, but not limited to, the failure to certify in 
writing that the employee owes the debt, the amount and basis of the 
debt, the date on which payment(s) is due, the date the creditor 
agency's right to collect the debt first accrued, and that the creditor 
agency's regulations implementing 5 U.S.C. 5514 were approved by OPM, 
the request shall be returned to the creditor agency with a statement of 
the deficiency. No action to implement salary offset may be initiated 
until a complete request has been received.
    (b) Complete request for recovery. If a complete request for 
recovery is received by the chief of the accounting or finance office of 
the appropriate DOT operating element, a copy of the request and any 
supporting documentation shall be transmitted to the appropriate payroll 
office, and deductions shall be scheduled to begin at the next 
officially established pay interval. A copy of the request and any 
supporting documentation shall be provided to the debtor, along with a 
notice of the date deductions will begin.
    (c) The DOT operating element may not review the merits of the 
creditor agency's determination with respect to the amount or validity 
of the debt as stated in the request for recovery.