---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 550.1102"
title: "5"
number: "550.1102"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/550.1102"
---

# §550.1102. Scope.

- (a) **Coverage.** This subpart applies to agencies and employees defined by [§ 550.1103](/cfr/5/550.1103.md).
- (b) **Applicability.** This subpart and [5 U.S.C. 5514](/usc/5/5514.md) apply in recovering certain debts by administrative offset, except where the employee consents to the recovery, from the current pay account of the employee. Because salary offset is a type of administrative offset, debt collection procedures for salary offset which are not specified in [5 U.S.C. 5514](/usc/5/5514.md) and these regulations should be consistent with the provisions of the Federal Claims Collections Standards (FCCS) (dealing with administrative offset generally) and [31 CFR part 285](/cfr/31/part285.md) (dealing with centralized administrative offset under [31 U.S.C. 3716](/usc/31/3716.md)). [Section 550.1108](/cfr/5/550.1108.md) addresses the use of centralized administrative offset procedures to effect salary offset. Generally, the procedures under [§ 550.1109](/cfr/5/550.1109.md) should apply only when centralized administrative offset cannot be accomplished.
  - (1) **Excluded debts.** The procedures contained in this subpart do not apply to—
    - (i) Debts arising under the Internal Revenue Code ([26 U.S.C. 1](/usc/26/1.md) et seq.);
    - (ii) Debts arising under the tariff laws of the United States;
    - (iii) Any case where collection of a debt by salary offset is explicitly provided for or prohibited by another statute (e.g., travel advances in [5 U.S.C. 5705](/usc/5/5705.md) and employee training expenses in [5 U.S.C. 4108](/usc/5/4108.md)); or
    - (iv) **Any other debt excluded by the FCCS or 31 CFR part 285.**
  - (2) **Waiver requests.** This subpart does not preclude an employee from requesting waiver of an erroneous payment under 5 U.S.C. [5584](/usc/5/5584.md), [10](/usc/5/10.md) U.S.C. 2774, or [32 U.S.C. 716](/usc/32/716.md), or in any way questioning the amount or validity of a debt, in the manner prescribed by the head of the responsible agency. Similarly, this subpart does not preclude an employee from requesting waiver of the collection of a debt under any other applicable statutory authority.
  - (3) **Compromise, suspension, or termination of collection actions.** This subpart does not preclude the compromise, suspension, or termination of collection actions, where appropriate, as provided in the FCCS ([31 CFR 900.4](/cfr/31/900.4.md)) or the use of alternative dispute resolution methods if they are not inconsistent with agency-specific laws and regulations.

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 27472, July 3, 1984, as amended at 63 FR 72099, Dec. 31, 1998; 79 FR 530, Jan. 6, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514; sec. 8(1) of E.O. 11609; redesignated in sec. 2-1 of E.O. 12107.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 27472, July 3, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12458, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 27472, July 3, 1984, as amended at 63 FR 72099, Dec. 31, 1998; 79 FR 530, Jan. 6, 2014]