[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR105-56.014]

[Page 425-426]
 
           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
              CHAPTER 105--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 105-56_SALARY OFFSET FOR INDEBTEDNESS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO THE 
UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B_Centralized Salary Offset (CSO) Procedures_GSA as Creditor 
                                 Agency
 
Sec. 105-56.014  Purpose and scope.


    (a) This subpart establishes procedures for the offset of Federal 
salary payments, through the Financial Management Service's (FMS) 
administrative offset program, to collect delinquent debts owed to the 
Federal Government. This process is known as centralized salary offset. 
Rules issued by the Office of Personnel Management contain the 
requirements Federal agencies must follow prior to conducting salary 
offset and the procedures for requesting offsets directly from a paying 
agency. See 5 CFR parts 550.1101 through 550.1108.
    (b) This subpart implements the requirement under 5 U.S.C. 5514 
(a)(1) that all Federal agencies, using a process known as centralized 
salary offset computer matching, identify Federal employees who owe 
delinquent non-tax debt to the United States. Centralized salary offset 
computer matching is the computerized comparison of delinquent debt 
records with records of Federal employees. The purpose of centralized 
salary offset computer matching is to identify those debtors whose 
Federal salaries should be offset to collect delinquent debts owed to 
the Federal Government.
    (c) This subpart specifies the delinquent debt records and Federal 
employee records that must be included in the salary offset matching 
process. For purposes of this subpart, delinquent debt records consist 
of the debt information submitted to FMS for purposes of administrative 
offset as required under 31 U.S.C. 3716(c)(6). Since GSA submits debts 
to FMS for purposes of administrative offset, the Agency is

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not required to submit duplicate information for purposes of centralized 
salary offset computer matching under 5 U.S.C. 5514(a)(1) and this 
subpart.
    (d) An interagency consortium was established to implement 
centralized salary offset computer matching on a Governmentwide basis as 
required under 5 U.S.C. 5514(a)(1). Federal employee records consist of 
records of Federal salary payments disbursed by members of the 
consortium.
    (e) The receipt of collections from salary offsets does not preclude 
GSA from pursuing other debt collection remedies, including the offset 
of other Federal payments to satisfy delinquent non-tax debt owed to the 
United States. GSA will pursue, when appropriate, such debt collection 
remedies separately or in conjunction with salary offset.