---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 17.85"
title: "24"
number: "17.85"
heading: "Coordinating offset with another Federal agency."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/17.85"
---

# §17.85. Coordinating offset with another Federal agency.

- (a) **When HUD is owed the debt.** When the Department is owed a debt by an employee of another agency, the other agency shall not initiate the requested offset until the Department provides the agency with a written certification that the debtor owes the Department a debt (including the amount and basis of the debt and the due date of the payment) and that the Department has complied with these regulations.
- (b) **When another agency is owed the debt.** The Department may use salary offset against one of its employees who is indebted to another agency if requested to do so by that agency. Such a request must be accompanied by a certification by the requesting agency that the person owes the debt (including the amount) and that the employee has been given the procedural rights required by 5 U.S.C. [5514](/usc/5/5514.md) and [5](/usc/5/5.md) CFR [part 550](/cfr/24/part550.md), subpart K.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 76 FR 69045, Nov. 7, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2672; 31 U.S.C. 3711, 3716-18, 3721, and 5 U.S.C. 5514; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).