5 CFR § 845.401 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s845.401"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 845.401 - Purpose."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "845.401"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "845"
part_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—DEBT COLLECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8461."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 5931, Feb. 27, 1987; 52 FR 23014, June 17, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "845"
---


# 845.401 Purpose.

This subpart prescribes the procedures to be followed by a Federal agency when it requests the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to recover a debt owed to the United States by administrative offset against money due and payable to the debtor from the Fund. This subpart also prescribes the procedures that OPM must follow to make these administrative offsets.