[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR607.7]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 607_SALARY OFFSET--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 607.7  Coordinating offset with another Federal agency.



    (a) When the NSF is the creditor agency and the Chief Financial 

Officer determines that an employee of another agency (i.e., the paying 

agency) owes a debt to the NSF, the Chief Financial Officer shall, as 

appropriate:

    (1) Certify in writing to the paying agency that the employee owes 

the debt, the amount and basis of the debt, the date on which payment 

was due, and the date the Government's right to collect the debt 

accrued, and that this part 607 has been approved by the Office of 

Personnel Management.

    (2) Unless the employee has consented to salary offset in writing or 

signed a statement acknowledging receipt of the required procedures, and 

the written consent is sent to the paying agency, the Chief Financial 

Officer must advise the paying agency of the action(s) taken under this 

part 607, and the date(s) they were taken.

    (3) Request the paying agency to collect the debt by salary offset. 

If deductions must be made in installments, the Chief Financial Officer 

may recommend to the paying agency the amount or percentage of 

disposable pay to be collected in each installment;

    (4) Arrange for a hearing upon the proper petitioning by the 

employee.

    (b) When the NSF is the creditor agency and the employee is in the 

process of separating from the Federal service, the NSF must submit its 

debt claim to the paying agency as provided in this part. The paying 

agency must certify the total amount collected, give a copy of the 

certification to the employee, and send a copy of the certification and 

notice of the employee's separation to the NSF. If the paying agency is 

aware that the employee is entitled to Civil Service Retirement and 

Disability Fund or other similar payments, it must certify to the agency 

responsible for making such payments that the debtor owes a debt, 

including the amount of the debt, and that the provisions of 5 CFR 

550.1108 have been followed.

    (c) When the NSF is the creditor agency and the employee has already 

separated from Federal service and all payments due from the paying 

agency have been paid, the Chief Financial Officer may request, unless 

otherwise prohibited, that money payable to the employee from the Civil 

Service Retirement and Disability Fund or other similar funds be 

collected by administrative offset.

    (d) When the NSF is the paying agency, upon receipt of a properly 

certified debt claim from another agency, deductions will be scheduled 

to begin at the next established pay interval. The employee must receive 

written notice that NSF has received a certified debt claim from the 

creditor agency, the amount of the debt, the date salary offset will 

begin, and the amount of the deduction(s). NSF shall not review the 

merits of the creditor agency's determination of the validity or the 

amount of the certified claim. If the employee transfers to another 

agency after the creditor agency has submitted its debt claim to NSF and 

before the debt is collected completely, NSF must certify the amount 

collected. One copy of the certification must be furnished to the 

employee. A copy must be furnished to the creditor agency with notice of 

the employee's transfer.