[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR34.4]

[Page 121-122]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 34_DEBT COLLECTION--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  34.4  Definitions.

    For purposes of the section:
    (a) Administrative offset means withholding funds payable by the 
United States to, or held by the United States for, a person to satisfy 
a debt owed by the person to the United States.
    (b) Administrative wage garnishment means the process by which a 
Federal agency orders a non-Federal employer to withhold amounts from a 
debtor's wages to satisfy a debt owed to the United States.
    (c) Compromise means that the creditor agency accepts less than the 
full amount of an outstanding debt in full satisfaction of the entire 
amount of the debt.
    (d) Creditor agency means the Federal agency to which a debt is 
owed.
    (e) Debt or claim means an amount of money which has been determined 
to be owed to the United States from any person. A debtor's liability 
arising from a particular contract or transaction shall be considered a 
single claim for purposes of the monetary ceilings of the FCCS.
    (f) Debtor means a person who owes the Federal government money.
    (g) Delinquent debt means a debt that has not been paid by the date 
specified in STATE's written notification or applicable contractual 
agreement, unless other satisfactory arrangements have been made by that 
date, or that has not been paid in accordance with a payment agreement 
with STATE.
    (h) Discharge means the release of a debtor from personal liability 
for a debt. Further collection action is prohibited.
    (i) Disposable pay means the amount that remains from an employee's 
current basic pay, special pay, incentive pay, retired pay, retainer 
pay, or in the case of an employee not entitled to basic pay, other 
authorized pay remaining after required deductions for Federal, State 
and local income taxes; Social Security taxes, including Medicare taxes; 
Federal retirement programs; normal premiums for life and health 
insurance benefits and such other deductions that are required by law to 
be withheld, excluding garnishments.
    (j) FCCS means the Federal Claims Collection Standards published 
jointly by the Departments of the Treasury and Justice and codified at 
31 CFR parts 900-904.
    (k) Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, 
association, organization, State or local government, or any other type 
of entity other than a Federal agency, Foreign Government, or public 
international organization.
    (l) Salary offset means the withholding of amounts from the current 
pay account of a Federal employee to satisfy a debt owed by that 
employee to the United States.
    (m) Suspension means the temporary cessation of active debt 
collection pending the occurrence of an anticipated event.
    (n) Termination means the cessation of all active debt collection 
action for the foreseeable future.
    (o) Waiver means a decision to forgo collection of a debt owed to 
the United

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States, as provided for by a specific statute and according to the 
standards set out under that statute.