[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: 7CFR3.52]

[Page 270-271]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3_DEBT MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart C_Salary Offset
 
Sec. 3.52  Definitions.

    (a) Agency means:
    (1) An Executive Agency as defined by section 105 of title 5 U.S.C., 
the U.S. Postal Service, the U.S. Postal Rate Commission; and
    (2) A Military Department as defined by section 102 of title 5, 
U.S.C.
    (b) Debt means:
    (1) An amount owed to the United States from sources which include, 
but are not limited to, insured or guaranteed loans, fees, leases, 
rents, royalties, services, sales of real or personal property, 
overpayments, penalties, damages, interest, fines and forfeitures 
(except those arising under the Uniform Code of Military Justice).
    (2) An amount owed to the United States by an employee for pecuniary 
losses where the employee has been determined to be liable due to his or 
her negligent, willful, unauthorized or illegal acts, including but not 
limited to:
    (i) Theft, misuse, or loss of Government funds;
    (ii) False claims for services and travel;
    (iii) Illegal, unauthorized obligations and expenditures of 
Government appropriations;
    (iv) Using or authorizing the use of Government owned or leased 
equipment, facilities, supplies, and services for other than official or 
approved purposes;
    (v) Lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed Government property;

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    (vi) Erroneous entries on accounting records or reports; and
    (vii) Deliberate failure to provide physical security and control 
procedures for accountable officers, if such failure is determined to be 
the approximate cause for a loss of Government funds.
    (c) Department or USDA means the United States Department of 
Agriculture.
    (d) Disposable pay means any pay due an employee that remains after 
required deductions for Federal, State and Local income taxes; Social 
Security taxes, including Medicare taxes; Federal retirement programs; 
premiums for life and health insurance benefits; and such other 
deductions required by law to be withheld.
    (e) Employee means a current employee of an agency, including a 
current member of the Armed Forces or a Reserve of the Armed Forces.
    (f) Hearing official means an administrative law judge of the 
Department or some other individual not under the control of the 
Secretary.
    (g) Salary offset means a deduction of a debt by deduction(s) from 
the disposable pay of an employee without his or her consent.
    (h) Secretary means the Secretary of the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture or his or her designee.
    (i) Waiver means the cancellation, remission, forgiveness, or non-
recovery of a debt 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. 716, 5 U.S.C. 
8346(b) or any other law.