5 CFR § 1639.54 - Requests for offset to Federal agencies.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s1639.54"
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title: "5 CFR § 1639.54 - Requests for offset to Federal agencies."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "1639.54"
section_name: "Requests for offset to Federal agencies."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD"
part_number: "1639"
part_name: "CLAIMS 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. 8474 and 31 U.S.C. 3711, 3716, 3720A, and 3720D."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 49417, Sept. 22, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1639"
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# 1639.54 Requests for offset to Federal agencies.

The Executive Director may request that funds due and payable to a debtor by another Federal agency be paid to the Board in payment of a debt owed to the Board by that debtor. In requesting administrative offset, the Board, as creditor, will certify in writing to the Federal agency holding funds of the debtor:

(a) That the debtor owes the debt;

(b) The amount and basis of the debt; and

(c) That the Board has complied with the requirements of 31 U.S.C. 3716, its own administrative offset regulations in this subpart, and the applicable provisions of 4 CFR part 102 with respect to providing the debtor with due process.