[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR3.24]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3_DEBT MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B_Debt Collection
 
Sec. 3.24  Coordinating administrative offset with other Federal agencies.

    (a) A Government list or other notice, naming debtors and their 
creditor agencies, which is provided to USDA will constitute a request 
for administrative offset.
    (b) Any agency which requests another agency to effect 
administrative offset must certify that the debtor owes the debt 
(including the amount and basis of the debt and the due date of the 
payment) and that all of the applicable requirements of 31 U.S.C. 3716 
and 4 CFR part 102 have been met.
    (c) An agency which is requested by another agency to effect 
administrative offset must not do so without obtaining a written 
certification that the debtor owes the creditor agency a debt (including 
the amount and basis of the debt and the due date of the payment) and 
that all of the applicable requirements of 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 4 CFR part 
102 have been met. An offsetting USDA agency may rely on the information 
contained in a requesting creditor agency's certification.
    (d) Only a creditor agency may agree to an installment repayment 
system or compromise, suspension or termination of the collection 
process.
    (e) A USDA agency which is requested by another agency to effect 
administrative offset may decline for good cause. Good cause includes 
direct or indirect disruption of the offsetting agency's essential 
program operations that might result from the offset. The refusal and 
the reasons must be sent in writing to the creditor agency.

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