[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR845.203]

[Page 354-355]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 845_FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM_DEBT COLLECTION--Table of 
 
                Subpart B_Collection of Overpayment Debts
 
Sec.  845.203  Definitions.

    In this subpart--

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    Additional charges means interest, penalties, and/or administrative 
costs owed on a debt.
    Annuitant means a retired employee or Member of Congress, former 
spouse, spouse, widow(er), or child receiving recurring benefits under 
the provisions of chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code.
    Compromise is an adjustment of the total amount of the debt to be 
collected based upon the considerations established by the FCCS (4 CFR 
part 103).
    Consumer reporting agency has the same meaning provided in 31 U.S.C. 
3701(a)(3).
    Debt means a payment of benefits to an individual in the absence of 
entitlement or in excess of the amount to which an individual is 
properly entitled.
    Delinquent has the same meaning provided in 4 CFR 101.2(b).
    FCCS means the Federal Claims Collection Standards (Chapter II of 
title 4, Code of Federal Regulations).
    Offset means to withhold the amount of a debt, or a portion of that 
amount, from one or more payments due the debtor. Offset also means the 
amount withheld in this manner.
    Reconsideration means the process of reexamining an individual's 
liability for a debt based on--
    (a) Proper application of law and regulation; and
    (b) Correctness of the mathematical computation.
    Repayment schedule means the amount of each payment and the number 
of payments to be made to liquidate the debt as determined by OPM.
    Retirement fund means the Civil Service Retirement Fund.
    Voluntary repayment agreement means an alternative to offset that is 
agreed to by OPM and includes a repayment schedule.
    Waiver is a decision not to recover a debt under authority of 5 
U.S.C. 8470(b).