---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 13.21"
title: "40"
number: "13.21"
heading: "Employee salary offset—general."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/13.21"
---

# §13.21. Employee salary offset—general.

- (a) **Purpose.** This section establishes EPA's policies and procedures for recovery of debts owed to the United States by installment collection from the current pay account of an employee.
- (b) **Scope.** The provisions of this section apply to collection by salary offset under [5 U.S.C. 5514](/usc/5/5514.md) of debts owed EPA and debts owed to other Federal agencies by EPA employees. This section does not apply to debts owed EPA arising from travel advances under [5 U.S.C. 5705](/usc/5/5705.md), employee training expenses under [5 U.S.C. 4108](/usc/5/4108.md) and to other debts where collection by salary offset is explicitly provided for or prohibited by another statute.
- (c) **References.** The following statutes and regulations apply to EPA's recovery of debts due the United States by salary offset:
  - (1) [5 U.S.C. 5514](/usc/5/5514.md), as amended, governing the installment collection of debts;
  - (2) [31 U.S.C. 3716](/usc/31/3716.md), governing the liquidation of debts by administrative offset;
  - (3) [5 CFR part 550](/cfr/5/part550.md), [subpart K](/cfr/40/subpartK.md), setting forth the minimum requirements for executive agency regulations on salary offset; and
  - (4) [4 CFR parts 101-105](/cfr/4/part101-105.md), the Federal Claims Collection Standards.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a, 5512, and 5514; 31 U.S.C. 3711 et seq. and 3720A; 4 CFR parts 101-10.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 37270, Sept. 23, 1988, unless otherwise noted.