[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR16.19]

[Page 311]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 16--SALARY OFFSET PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTING DEBTS OWED BY FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEES TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 16.19  Statute of limitations.

    If a debt has been outstanding for more than 10 years after the 
agency's right to collect the debt first accrued, the agency may not 
collect by salary offset unless facts material to the Government's right 
to collect were not known and could not reasonably have been known by 
the NRC official or officials who were charged with the responsibility 
for discovery and collection of the debts.