---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1215.22"
title: "5"
number: "1215.22"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1215.22"
---

# §1215.22. Definitions.

- (a) **Claim—** or debt. An amount or property owed to the United States which includes, but is not limited to: Overpayments to program beneficiaries; overpayments to contractors and grantees, including overpayments arising from audit disallowances; excessive cash advances to grantees and contractors; and civil penalties and assessments. A debt is overdue or delinquent if it is not paid by the due date specified in the initial notice of the debt (see [§ 1215.26](/cfr/5/1215.26.md)) or if the debtor fails to satisfy his or her obligation under a repayment agreement.
- (b) **Debtor.** An individual, organization, group, association, partnership, or corporation indebted to the United States, or the person or entity with legal responsibility for assuming the debtor's obligation.
- (c) **MSPB.** The Merit Systems Protection Board.
- (d) **Administrative offset.** Satisfying a debt by withholding money payable by the United States to or held by the United States for a debtor.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: The authority for this part is the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966, as amended, 31 U.S.C. 3711 and 3716-3719; the Federal Claims Collection Standards at 4 CFR parts 101-105, as amended by 49 FR 8889, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and Office of Management and Budget Circular A-129.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 50603, Dec. 8, 1989, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 72 FR 56885, Oct. 5, 2007.