[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: 7CFR3.30]

[Page 268]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3_DEBT MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B_Debt Collection
 
Sec. 3.30  Stay of offset.

    (a)(1) Unless otherwise arranged by mutual agreement between the 
debtor and the agency, evidenced in writing, when an agency receives a 
debtor's request for inspection of agency records, the offset is stayed 
for no longer than 10 calendar days beyond the date set by the creditor 
agency for the record inspection.
    (2) When an agency receives a debtor's proposal for a repayment 
agreement, the offset is stayed until the debtor is notified as to 
whether the proposed agreement is acceptable.
    (3) When a review is conducted, the offset is stayed until the 
creditor agency issues a final written decision.
    (b) When administrative offset is stayed, the amount of the debt and 
interest will be withheld from payments to the debtor, but not applied 
against the debt until the stay expires. If withheld funds are later 
determined not to be subject to offset, they will be promptly refunded 
to the debtor.
    (c) When administrative offset is stayed, the creditor agency will 
immediately notify an offsetting agency to withhold the payment pending 
termination of the stay.

[50 FR 7722, Feb. 26, 1985, as amended at 55 FR 38663, Sept. 20, 1990]