(a) Purpose. This part prescribes the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency’s (CSOSA) standards and procedures for the collection of debts owed by CSOSA employees to the United States through voluntary or involuntary Agency salary offset.

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(b) Scope. (1) This part applies to internal and Government-wide collections of debts, owed by CSOSA employees, through administrative offset from the current pay account of the debtor without his or her consent.

(2) The procedures contained in this part do not apply to—

(i) Any case where an employee consents to collection through deduction(s) from the employee’s Agency pay account;

(ii) Debts arising under the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.);

(iii) Debts arising under the tariff laws of the United States;

(iv) Any case where collection of a debt by salary offset is explicitly provided for or prohibited by another statute (e.g., travel advances in 5 U.S.C. § 5705 and employee training expenses in 5 U.S.C. § 4108); or

(v) Any other debt excluded by the Federal Claims Collection Standards (FCCS), 31 CFR parts 900 through 904.

(3) This part does not preclude a CSOSA employee from requesting waiver of an erroneous payment under 5 U.S.C. § 5584, 10 U.S.C. § 2774, or 32 U.S.C. § 716, or in any way questioning the amount or validity of a debt, in the manner prescribed by the Director. Similarly, this part does not preclude a CSOSA employee from requesting a waiver of the collection of a debt under any other applicable statutory authority.

(4) Nothing in this part precludes the compromise of the debt, or the suspension or termination of collection actions, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. § 3711 or other applicable statutory authority.