[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR2506.52]

[Page 570-571]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
       CHAPTER XXV--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
PART 2506_COLLECTION OF DEBTS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart E_Administrative Offset
 
Sec. 2506.52  What procedures will the Corporation use to collect 

amounts I owe to a Federal agency by offsetting a payment that 
the Corporation would 
          otherwise make to me?

    (a) Any Federal agency may request that the Corporation 
administratively offset funds due and payable to you in order to collect 
a debt you owe to that agency. The Corporation will initiate the 
requested offset only upon:
    (1) Receipt of written certification from the creditor agency 
stating:
    (i) That you owe the debt;

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    (ii) The amount and basis of the debt;
    (iii) That the agency has prescribed regulations for the exercise of 
administrative offset; and
    (iv) That the agency has complied with its own administrative offset 
regulations and with the applicable provisions of the FCCS, including 
providing you with any required hearing or review; and
    (2) A determination by the Chief Executive Officer that offsetting 
funds payable to you by the Corporation in order to collect a debt owed 
by you would be in the best interest of the United States as determined 
by the facts and circumstances of the particular case, and that such an 
offset would not otherwise be contrary to law.
    (b) Multiple debts. In instances where two or more creditor agencies 
are seeking administrative offsets, or where two or more debts are owed 
to a single creditor agency, the Corporation may, in its discretion, 
allocate the amount it owes to you to the creditor agencies in 
accordance with the best interest of the United States as determined by 
the facts and circumstances of the particular case, paying special 
attention to applicable statutes of limitations.