---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 1408.35"
title: "12"
number: "1408.35"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/1408.35"
---

# §1408.35. Purpose.


The purpose of this subpart is to implement section 5 of the Debt Collection Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-365 ([5 U.S.C. 5514](/usc/5/5514.md))), which authorizes the collection of debts owed by Federal employees to the Federal Government by means of salary offsets. These regulations provide procedures for the collection of a debt owed to the Government by the imposition of a salary offset against amounts payable to a Federal employee as salary. These regulations are consistent with the regulations on salary offset published by the Office of Personnel Management, codified in [5 CFR part 550](/cfr/5/part550.md), subpart K. Since salary offset is a type of administrative offset, the requirements of [subpart B](/cfr/12/subpartB.md) also apply to salary offsets.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 5.58 of the Farm Credit Act (12 U.S.C. 2277a-7); 31 U.S.C. 3701-3719; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 4 CFR parts 101-105; 5 CFR part 550.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 24899, May 13, 1994, unless otherwise noted.