[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1450.20]

[Page 85]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                        AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
 
PART 1450_COLLECTIONS OF CLAIMS OWED THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart C_Salary Offset
 
Sec. 1450.20  Definitions.

    For purposes of this subpart--
    Agency means the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) 
or means any other agency of the U.S. Government as defined by section 
105 of title 5 U.S.C., including the U.S. Postal Service, and the U.S. 
Postal Rate Commission, a military department as defined by section 102 
of title 5 U.S.C., an agency or court of the judicial branch, and an 
agency of the legislative branch, including the U.S. Senate and the U.S. 
House of Representatives.
    Creditor agency means the agency to which the debt is owed.
    Debt means an amount owed to the United States from sources which 
include loans insured or guaranteed by the United States and all other 
amounts due the United States from fees, leases, rents, royalties, 
services, sales of real or personal property, overpayments, penalties, 
damages, interests, fines and forfeitures (except those arising under 
the Uniform Code Military Justice), and all other similar sources.
    Disposable pay means that part of current basic pay, special pay, 
incentive pay, retired pay, retainer pay, or in the case of an employee 
not entitled to basic pay, other authorized pay remaining after the 
deduction of any amount required by law to be withheld. FMCS will 
exclude deductions described in 5 CFR 581.105 (b) through (f) to 
determine disposable pay subject to salary offset.
    Employee means a current employee of FMCS or of another agency, 
including a current member of the Armed Forces or a Reserve of the Armed 
Forces
    FCCS means the Federal Claims Collection Standards jointly published 
by the Justice Department and the General Accounting Office at 4 CFR 
parts 101-105.
    Paying agency means the agency employing the individual and 
authorizing the payment of his or her current pay.
    Salary offset means an administrative offset to collect a debt under 
5 U.S.C. 5514 by deduction(s) at one or more officially established pay 
intervals from the current pay account of an employee without his or her 
consent.
    Waiver means the cancellation, remission, forgiveness, or non-
recovery of a debt allegedly owed by an employee to an agency as 
permitted or required by 5 U.S.C. 5584, 10 U.S.C. 2774, or 32 U.S.C. 
710, 5 U.S.C. 8346(b), or any other law.