[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR31.2]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 31_TAX REFUND OFFSET--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 31.2  Definitions.

    In this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
    Administrative offset means withholding funds payable by the United 
States (including funds payable by the United States on behalf of a 
State government) to, or held by the United States for, a person to 
satisfy a claim.
    Day means calendar day. For purposes of computation, the last day of 
the period will be included unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or a 
Federal legal holiday, in which case the next business day will be 
considered the last day of the period.
    Debt or claim means an amount of money, funds, or other property 
determined by an appropriate official to be owed to the United States 
from any individual, entity, organization, association, partnership, 
corporation, or State or local government or subdivision, except another 
Federal agency.
    Debtor means an individual, organization, association, partnership, 
corporation, or State or local government or subdivision indebted to the 
Government, or the person or entity with legal responsibility for 
assuming the debtor's obligation.
    Department means the Department of Health and Human Services, and 
each of its Operating Divisions and regional offices.
    Evidence of service means information retained by the Department 
indicating the nature of the document to which it pertains, the date of 
mailing of the document, and the address and name of the debtor to whom 
it is being sent. A copy of the dated and signed written notice of 
intent to offset provided to the debtor pursuant to this part may be 
considered evidence of service for purposes of this regulation. Evidence 
of service may be retained electronically so long as the manner of 
retention is sufficient for evidentiary purposes.
    FMS means the Financial Management Service, a bureau within the 
Department of the Treasury.
    IRS means the Internal Revenue Service, a bureau of the Department 
of the Treasury.
    Legally enforceable means that there has been a final agency 
determination that the debt, in the amount stated, is due and there are 
no legal bars to collection action.
    Operating division means each separate component, within the 
Department of Health and Human Services, including, but not limited to, 
the Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Aging, 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare 
& Medicaid Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the National 
Institutes of Health, and the Office of the Secretary.
    Past-due debt means a debt which the debtor does not pay or 
otherwise resolve by the date specified in the initial demand for 
payment, or in an applicable written repayment agreement or other 
instrument, including a post-delinquency repayment agreement.

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    Secretary means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 
Services, or the Secretary's designee within any Operating Division or 
Regional Office.
    Taxpayer identifying number means the identifying number described 
under section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
6109). For an individual, the taxpayer identifying number is the 
individual's social security number.
    Tax refund offset means withholding or reducing a tax refund payment 
by an amount necessary to satisfy a debt owed to the United States by 
the payee(s) of a tax refund payment.
    Tax refund payment means any overpayment of Federal taxes to be 
refunded to the person making the overpayment after the IRS makes the 
appropriate credits as provided in 26 U.S.C. 6402 for any liabilities 
for any tax on the part of the person who made the overpayment.