[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1450.1]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER XII--FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
 
PART 1450_COLLECTIONS OF CLAIMS OWED THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  1450.1  Definitions.




                      Subpart A_General Provisions

Sec.
1450.1 Definitions.
1450.2 Exceptions.
1450.3 Use of procedures.
1450.4 Conformance to law and regulations.
1450.5 Other procedures.
1450.6 Informal action.
1450.7 Return of property.
1450.8 Omissions not a defense.

Subpart B_Administrative Offset_Consumer Reporting Agencies_Contracting 
                             for Collection

1450.9 Demand for payment.
1450.10 Collection by administrative offset.
1450.11 Administrative offset against amounts payable from Civil Service 
          Retirement and Disability Fund.
1450.12 Collection in installments.
1450.13 Exploration of compromise.
1450.14 Suspending or termination collection action.
1450.15 Referrals to the Department of Justice or the General Accounting 
          Office.
1450.16 Use of consumer reporting agencies.
1450.17 Contracting for collection services.

                         Subpart C_Salary Offset

1450.18 Purpose.
1450.19 Scope.
1450.20 Definitions.
1450.21 Notification.
1450.22 Hearing.
1450.23 Deduction from pay.
1450.24 Liquidation from final check or recovery from other payment.
1450.25 Non-waiver of rights by payments.
1450.26 Refunds.
1450.27 Interest, penalties, and administrative costs.
1450.28 Recovery when paying agency is not creditor agency.

         Subpart D_Interest, Penalties, and Administrative Costs

1450.29 Assessment.
1450.30 Exemptions.
1450.31 Other sanctions.

    Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3701-3719; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 4 CFR parts 101-105; 
5 CFR part 550.

    Source: 51 FR 24817, July 9, 1986, unless otherwise noted.



    (a) The term agency means the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service (FMCS) or any other agency of the U.S. Government as stated at 
Sec.  1450.20.
    (b) The term agency head means the Director of the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service.
    (c) The terms appropriate agency official or designee mean the 
Director of the Financial Management Staff of FMCS, or such other 
official as may be named in the future by the Director of FMCS.

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    (d) The terms claim and debt are deemed synonymous and 
interchangeable. They refer to an amount of money or property which has 
been determined by an appropriate agency official to be owed to the 
United States from any person, organization or entity, except another 
Federal agency.
    (e) A debt is considered delinquent if it has not been paid by the 
date specified in the agency's written notification or applicable 
contractual agreement, unless other satisfactory payment arrangements 
have been made by that date, or if at any time thereafter the debtor 
fails to satisfy obligations under a payment agreement with the agency.
    (f) The term referral for litigation means referral to the 
Department of justice for appropriate legal proceedings.