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[17 CFR 204] Title 17 Part 204 : Code of Federal Regulations ';
Title 17 Part 204
Source: 58 FR 64370, Dec. 7, 1993, unless otherwise noted.
(5) The right of the debtor to request a review of the determination of indebtedness and, in the circumstances described in §204.7, to request an oral hearing from the Commission's designee; and
If the debtor fails to respond to the notice described in §204.4(a) by the proposed effective date specified in the notice, the Commission may take further action under this section or under the Federal Claims Collection Standards (31 CFR 901.3). The commission may collect by administrative offset if the debtor:
(b) Has not requested a review of the claim within the agency as set out in §204.6; or
(a) To the extent that a debt owed has not been established by judicial or administrative order, a debtor may request a hearing concerning the existence or amount of the debt or the terms of repayment. With respect to debts established by a judicial or administrative order, a debtor may request a hearing concerning the payment or other discharge of the debt. A request to review a disputed debt must be submitted to the Commission official who provided notification within 30 calendar days of the receipt of the written notice described in §204.4(c).
(a) If the debtor does not exercise the right to request a review within the time specified in §204.4, or if as a result of the review, it is determined that the debt is due and no written agreement is executed, then administrative offset shall be ordered in accordance with this subpart without further notice.
The Commission may effect an administrative offset against a payment to be made to the debtor prior to the completion of the procedures required by §204.4(a) if failure to take the offset would substantially jeopardize the Commission's ability to collect the debt, and the time available before the payment is to be made does not reasonably permit the completion of those procedures. Such prior offset shall be promptly followed by the completion of those procedures. Amounts recovered by offset but later found not to be owed to the Commission shall be promptly refunded. This section applies only to administrative offset pursuant to 31 CFR 901.3(c), and does not apply when debts are referred to the Department of the Treasury for mandatory centralized administrative offset under 31 CFR 901.3(b)(1).
Source: 58 FR 38520, July 19, 1993, unless otherwise noted.
(g) The employee's right to a hearing conducted by an official arranged by the Commission if a petition is filed as prescribed by §204.35, Petition for pre-offset hearing. Such hearing official will be either an administrative law judge or at the chief administrative law judge's discretion, another hearing official who is also not under the control of the head of the agency;
(a) Introduction. An employee must respond to a pre-offset notice, if at all, within 15 calendar days following receipt, in one or more of the ways discussed in §204.34, Employee response, and §204.35, Petition for pre-offset hearing. Where applicable, the employee bears the burdens of proof and persuasion.
(b) Responses must be submitted in writing to the program official who signed the pre-offset notice. A timely response will stay the commencement of collection by salary offset, at least until the issuance of a written decision. (See §204.37, Extensions of time). Failure to submit a timely response will be treated as an admission of indebtedness, and will result in salary offset in accordance with the terms specified in the pre-offset notice.
(3) Issue a decision in accordance with §204.39, Written decision, on the basis of the oral hearing and the written record.
(b) If the employee challenges the pre-offset notice under §204.34, Employee response and/or §204.35, Petition for pre-offset hearing, without requesting a hearing or a hearing is denied, the program official must notify the employee of his/her final determination in writing before offset can begin. The agency's execution of a voluntary repayment agreement satisfies this requirement.
(1) To the extent possible, the remaining indebtedness will be liquidated from any final payment due the former employee as of the date of separation (e.g., final salary payment, lump-sum leave, etc.). See §204.40d(3), Offset deductions from final salary and/or lump-sum leave payment.
(c) Method of collection and source of deduction. The method of collecting debts under these regulations shall be by salary offset. Deductions will be made from the employee's current disposable pay account except as provided for in §204.34b, Employee response.
(b) Responsibility of the Commission as the paying agency—(1) Complete claim. When the Commission receives a properly certified claim from a creditor agency, deductions should be scheduled to begin at the next officially established pay interval. The Commission must notify the employee in writing that the Commission has received a certified debt claim from the creditor agency (including the amount) and the date salary offset will begin and the amount of such deductions.
(i) Ensuring that each certification of debt sent to a paying agency is consistent with the pre-offset notice (§204.33, Pre-offset notice).
(ii) Obtaining hearing officials from other agencies pursuant to §204.36, Granting of a pre-offset hearing.
Source: 58 FR 64372, Dec. 7, 1993, unless otherwise noted.
(a) Request for hearing. The Commission will order a hearing, which at the Commission's option may be oral or written, if the debtor submits a written request for a hearing concerning, for debts not previously established by judicial or administrative order, the existence or amount of the debt or the terms of the repayment schedule (for repayment schedules established other than by written agreement under §204.63(b)(2)), or for debts established by judicial or administrative order, the payment or other discharge of the debt.