[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR105-56.013]

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           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 A_Salary Offset of General Services Administration Employees
 
Sec. 105-56.013  Coordinating offset with another Federal agency.

    GSA participates in the Centralized Salary Offset (CSO) program (see 
subparts B and C of this part). In those instances when CSO cannot be 
utilized (i.e., when another agency does not participate in the 
program), the following procedures apply:
    (a) When GSA is the creditor agency. When GSA is owed a debt by an 
employee of another agency, GSA will provide the paying agency with a 
written certification that the debtor owes GSA a debt and that GSA has 
complied

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with these regulations. This certification will include the amount and 
basis of the debt, the due date of the payment, or the beginning date of 
installment payments, if any.
    (b) When another agency is the creditor agency. (1) GSA may use 
salary offset against one of its employees or cross-serviced agency 
employees who is indebted to another agency if requested to do so by 
that agency. Any such request must be accompanied by a certification 
from the requesting agency that the person owes the debt, the amount of 
the debt and that the employee has been given the procedural rights 
required by 5 U.S.C. 5514 and 5 CFR part 550, subpart K.
    (2) The creditor agency must advise GSA of the number of 
installments to be collected, the amount of each installment, and the 
beginning date of the first installment if it is not the next 
established pay period.
    (3) If GSA receives an improperly completed request, the creditor 
agency will be requested to supply the required information before any 
salary offset begins.
    (4) If the claim procedures in paragraph (b)(1) of this section have 
been properly completed, deductions will begin on the next established 
pay period unless a different period is requested by the creditor 
agency.
    (5) GSA will not review the merits of the creditor agency's 
determinations with respect to the amount and/or validity of the debt as 
stated in the debt claim certification.
    (6) If the employee begins separation action before GSA collects the 
total debt due the creditor agency, the following actions will be taken:
    (i) When possible, the balance owed the creditor agency will be 
liquidated from subsequent payments of any nature due the employee from 
GSA in accordance with 41 CFR part 105-55.011;
    (ii) If the total amount of the debt cannot be recovered, GSA will 
certify the total amount collected to the creditor agency and the 
employee;
    (iii) If GSA is aware that the employee is entitled to payments from 
the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, or other similar 
payments, such information will be provided to the creditor agency so a 
certified claim can be made against the payments.
    (7) If the employee transfers to another Federal agency before GSA 
collects the total amount due the creditor agency, GSA will certify the 
total amount collected to the creditor agency and the employee. It is 
the responsibility of the creditor agency to ensure that collection 
action is resumed by the new employing agency.