5 CFR 179.302

§ 179.302 Definitions.

United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective

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Citation: 5 CFR 179.302, § 179.302 Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/5374
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Administrative offset, as defined in 31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(1), means withholding money payable by the United States Government to, or held by the Government for, a person to satisfy a debt the person owes the Government. Person, includes a natural person or persons, profit or non-profit corporation, partnership, association, trust, estate, consortium, or other entity which is capable of owing a debt to the United States Government except that agencies of the United States, or of any State or local government, shall be excluded.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.