---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 30.30"
title: "34"
number: "30.30"
heading: "What procedures apply when the Secretary requests another agency to offset a debt owed under a program or activity of the Department?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/30.30"
---

# §30.30. What procedures apply when the Secretary requests another agency to offset a debt owed under a program or activity of the Department?

- (a) The Secretary may request another Federal agency to offset a debt owed under a program or activity of the Department if the Secretary certifies in writing to the other Federal agency:
  - (1) That the debtor owes a debt to the United States;
  - (2) The amount of the debt; and
  - (3) That the Secretary has complied with [4 CFR 102.3](/cfr/4/102.3.md).
- (b) Before providing the certification required under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the Secretary complies with the procedures in [§§ 30.20-30.27](/cfr/34/30.20-30.27.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3(a)(1), and 1226a-1, 31 U.S.C. 3711(e), 31 U.S.C. 3716(b) and 3720A, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 24099, July 1, 1986, unless otherwise noted.