5 CFR 831.1804

§ 831.1804 Conditions for requesting an offset.

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

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Citation: 5 CFR 831.1804, § 831.1804 Conditions for requesting an offset, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/7865
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An agency may request that money payable from the Fund be offset to recover any valid debt due the United States when all of the following conditions are met: (a) The debtor failed to pay all of the debt on demand, or the creditor agency has collected as much as possible from payments due the debtor from the paying agency; and (b) The creditor agency sends a debt claim to OPM (under § 831.1805(b) (1), (2), (3), or (4), as appropriate) after doing one of the following: (1) Obtaining a court judgment for the amount of the debt; (2) Following the procedures required by 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 4 CFR 102.4; (3) Following the procedures required by 5 U.S.C. 5514 and § 550.1107 of this title; or (4) Following the procedures agreed upon by the creditor agency and OPM, if it is excepted by § 831.1805(b)(4) from the completion of procedures prescribed by § 831.1805(b)(3).

Legislative history

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