---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 204.30"
title: "17"
number: "204.30"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/204.30"
---

# §204.30. Purpose and scope.

- (a) This regulation provides procedures for the collection by administrative offset against a federal employee's current pay account without his/her consent under [5 U.S.C. 5514](/usc/5/5514.md) to satisfy certain debts owed to the Commission. This regulation does not apply when the employee consents to recovery from his/her current pay account.
- (b) This regulation does not preclude an employee from requesting a waiver or questioning the amount or validity of a debt by submitting a claim to the General Accounting Office in accordance with procedures prescribed by the General Accounting Office.
- (c) **This Salary Offset plan is for internal use and Government-wide claims collections.** [5 CFR 550.1104(a)](/cfr/5/550.1104.md?p=a). This regulation implements [5 U.S.C. 5514](/usc/5/5514.md); [5 CFR part 550](/cfr/5/part550.md), subpart K.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514, 5 CFR 550.1104.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 38520, July 19, 1993, unless otherwise noted.